Archive | August, 2012

Try a taste of Madeira, m’dears

By on August 25, 2012 in Travel articles

History books say the flower-filled Atlantic island of Madeira was discovered around 600 years ago by the Portuguese explorer, Zarco. A rather more romatic story says that it was first visited by an eloping British couple, Robert Machim and Anne D’Arset, who ran away to sea when Anne’s father, a Bristol merchant, decided Robert was […]

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Top Ten Things To Do in Istanbul

By on August 22, 2012 in Ten Things to Do In.....

Those wonderful people at the Luxury Cruise Company (www.theluxurycruisecompany.com) have come up with another of their popular “Top Ten Things to Do” items – this time featuring Istanbul. The author is Jacqui Ridler. Blue Mosque: decorated with 21,000 blue Iznik tiles. Ithis was built near the Hagia Sophia, over the site of the ancient hippodrome […]

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Dispelling the Myths about Cruising

By on August 14, 2012 in Cruise Views

There are many myths surrounding cruise holidays – and some of them put people off booking an exciting holiday afloat. Now Silver Travel Advisor, the travel review and advice site specifically for over 50’s, has come up with its Ten Top Tips to dispel some of those myths: Cruises are for `oldies’. One of the […]

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A Shaw Thing in Ayot St Lawrence

By on August 5, 2012 in Travel articles

The villagers of Ayot St Lawrence, a tiny hamlet hidden away in a maze of narrow country lanes near Welwyn, in Hertfordshire, were more than a little mystified when the famous author, playwright and philosopher, George Bernard Shaw, came to live in their midst in 1906. He was everything they mistrusted: a tall, bearded, Irish-born […]

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