Church Bells Ringing: The Sounds of Sydney on Sundays
Listen out while you’re in Sydney for the bells and give a thought for the ringers, some who have trained for years, and even for decades, to deliver the background ambience of our urban life.
Stay In Welsh Poet & Writer Dylan Thomas’ Houses
For the first 23 years of his life, Dylan Thomas lived in Swansea in a sweet home you can now rent for a holiday. You can also stay in the home he lived in with his wife in Laugharne, and from September 2024 The Dylan Thomas Boathouse will also open its doors.
Richmond – London’s Secret Green Gem
The town of Richmond in the south-west of London is an amazing green space, a true hidden secret, located just 13kms from the heart of London’s Charring Cross station.
Champing: Camping In A Church is the New Glamping (With a Touch of Holy Sprinkled In)
Champing appealed to me straight away. I love history and I love an adventure. There are quite a few churches to choose from but I searched for the nearest church to me which was on Dartmoor – St Mary’s in Walkhampton. It was a little crazy how we were in charge of a whole church, but we soon got to grips with our surroundings.
Magical, Mystical Carnarvon Gorge Deserves to be Explored
The Carnarvon Gorge National Park is nine-and-a-half hour’s drive northwest of Brisbane and it’s totally worth it. GETTING THERE We drove and drove. The roads are paved the whole way. Towards the national park there are cows as big as cars strolling across the bitumen. On the trip, I spied emus and kangaroos. For the […]
Flirting With Rome
In Rome on business recently I discovered a wonderful truth. There, all the men flirt with all the women all the time. Flirting is a national pastime, without an age limit, one marinated in good humour and class. Italian men don’t ogle, they smile and chat and make women feel beautiful.