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Travel in the age of Covid-19

I'm not advocating that travel is a thing to be undertaken lightly during a pandemic, but hopefully this will be useful to you if you do have/want to travel.  This
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A side trip from Berlin : Potsdam

Berlin is a wonderful city, but if the hustle and bustle gets too much, than there is a much quieter and very pretty place just a short train ride away
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Meininger Hotel, Brussels

Why did I choose this hotel? I wanted to be somewhere within easy walking distance of the centre, where I didn't have to rely on transport.  This hotel is about 10
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Apps to enhance a stay in Venice, Italy

We all have our favourite apps on our phones to enhance our travels - here are some I found particularly useful on my recent trip to Venice. Venice Travel Guide by
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A trip to the North Yorkshire coast

If you think of the North East of England as being nothing but heavy industry, or North Yorkshire as being unbroken moorland, then Saltburn-by-the-Sea should come as a pleasant surprise. 
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A (wet) afternoon in Sedbergh

Sedbergh, a small English market town, is just inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This means it's surrounded by some spectacular scenery, which unfortunately I couldn't explore on my visit as
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Tried and tested apps for travel

When I first went abroad, smartphones weren't a thing.  Paper maps were about as technological as it got, and any kind of travel involved finding the tourist information office to
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My travel essentials

I've already posted about what not to pack - here are some things that I wouldn't travel without. 1. Organised paperwork Boring, I know, but I don't want to be the person
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Overnight from London to Fort William

I'd always wanted to take the overnight train from London to the Highlands - it always seemed such a romantic way to travel. So I was thrilled to actually take