How gratifying to learn that Scotland’s Hotel of the Year 2011, The Torridon, is now officially one of the world’s “Top 100 Hotels”. If ever a hotel deserved such an accolade then it is The Torridon, hidden away in a remote corner of Wester Ross. It is not long since Daniel and Rohaise Rose-Bristow took [...]
That’s entertainment!
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of an Elvis Presley fan. If that means my musical tastes stopped developing half a century ago then so be it; just put me down as an incurable old rocker. And, if someone is going to ape either the mannerisms or the music of old swivelhips, I do [...]
Rock On, Gibraltar
Ask any British ship’s passenger to name their favourite cruising port of call, and the chances are that Gibraltar will be near, or more probably at, the top of the list. It’s not hard to work out why. The 1,475ft monolith – one of the two ancient Pillars of Hercules guarding the entrance to the [...]
Cruising the Amazon
She was dressed in a green sleeveless tee-shirt and a short linen skirt – both spotlessly clean – and her feet were thrust into a pair of flip-flops. She was leaning over the balcony of her house in the village of Boca do Valeria, and she had the same welcoming smile as all the other [...]
