While the Christmas period isn’t short of great festive celebrations, it’s fairly hard to find one that is a genuinely unique celebration of local heritage. Many towns and cities across the UK and beyond offer wonderful Christmas markets, with their streets and buildings providing a fantastic backdrop to the festivities, but, in truth, their offerings […]

There is something cleansing about walking, for me the direct connection with the exquisite beauty of nature purges the soul of the stressful side effects of modern living.  Looking miles down the coastline from a high vantage point, watching the waves crashing on rocks below and perhaps punctuating the journey with a delicious lunch and […]

How to start with describing how good a place Edinburgh is to visit during Christmas? It’s hard. After all, the city, one of the best, most culturally vibrant, pretty and entertaining in the UK, is a spectacular place for a short break or family holiday any time of the year – at Christmas time it’s […]

For many, the New Year is a time to put away those bad habits that we’ve acquired over the year, tighten the old belt and set ourselves on the long road to health and fitness. But that’s the New Year; we still have quite a few weeks of over-indulgence left! So what better time to […]

Festive markets may have their origins in Germany and France, but in recent times they’ve become such a fixture of Christmas celebrations in the UK that the season to be jolly doesn’t really feel like it’s started until you can enjoy the smell of gluhwein and gingerbread! So as towns and cities around the country […]

Think of the hardest person to buy gifts for in your life. Is it your dad? Probably not, he’s always going to need new socks and funny ties – even if he doesn’t realise it. Perhaps it’s a colleague at work…though that’s doubtful, as we’ve yet to meet a workmate who wasn’t swayed by a […]

Quietly, like a beautiful butterfly flying in the wind, the city of Bath has been building, developing and investing in its festive offerings, so much so that when we came across an itinerary of what they have on offer this year, we spluttered in our hot chocolates with marshmallows in them. To start with, naturally, […]