Birmingham Mail - Travel - UK Holidays

Travel: Swansea is the best of both worlds

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:15:00 GMT

COMBINING the hustle and bustle of a city break with the tranquillity of a beach getaway, Swansea is certainly an area of contradictions.

Travel: Montpellier marks a new Chapter in a long love affair..

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:01:00 GMT

EXITING a motorway wouldn’t normally set my pulse racing, but as we joined the slip road off Junction 11 of the M5, my heart skipped a beat.

Travel: Rain won't stop golfing holiday play

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:11:00 GMT

THEY say that good weather makes a holiday one to remember. Bang goes that theory.

Travel: Strat's the way to do it

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:49:00 GMT

IT’S a major truism that sometimes the best things in life can be right under your nose.

Travel: Exploring the Norfolk Broads

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:17:00 GMT

AVID readers of these travel pages may recall that my boating holidays are never without incident.

Travel: Christmas treat all wrapped up at Alton Towers

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:13:00 GMT

A TRIP to Santa's sleepover should be top of everyone's list, says Suzanne Jackson.

Travel: Some unwelcome guests at haunted hotel

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:20:00 GMT

IT WAS not a theatre break for the faint-hearted.

Travel: Caravan of love

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:02:00 GMT

IT HAD been a good 20-plus years since I had last holidayed in a caravan.

Travel: Having a lovely time in Clovelly

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:34:00 GMT

ALTHOUGH I’m fairly well travelled at home and abroad, North Devon has eluded me since childhood.

Travel: Not a Bard place to spend a day...

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:32:00 GMT

CAN you imagine a Stratford-upon-Avon without William Shakespeare?

Travel: Wicked night out for all the family

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:42:00 GMT

NO!” yelped Riki. “I won’t do it!”

Travel: Taking food seriously in Somerset

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:55:00 GMT

MAKING your own pasta is a tricky business – may as well just open a packet of the dried stuff and be done. Right?

Travel: The best of British in Scarborough

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:43:00 GMT

This year’s Royal Wedding has left us with a sense of nostalgia and love of all things British, so why not revisit old childhood haunts instead of heading abroad for your autumn or winter break?

Travel: Memories are made of this...

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:19:00 GMT

‘‘DADDY, can we go in the big swimming pool?’’ asks our toddler George as we park up for a day in the sun.

Travel: Looe gets seal of approval

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:00 GMT

NELSON the one-eyed grey seal was a familiar sight in Looe harbour for more than 20 years.

Travel: Quiz may not have been our strong point, but having fun certainly was...

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:43:00 GMT

WHAT do Red Rum and Black Beauty have in common?’

Travel: Going loopy for rollercoasters

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:39:00 GMT

IT WAS a tough job – but someone had to do it.

Travel the Wolds on a 5-day cycle

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:25:00 GMT

THERE is now a new and exciting way to explore some of the UK’s most beautiful countryside – The Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.

Travel: A surprising new view of Blackpool

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:37:00 GMT

EVERY man and his dog is familiar with the traditional Blackpool.

Help Sherlock solve mystery at Ironbridge

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:16:00 GMT

AMATEUR sleuths and budding private detectives can help Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve a mysterious crime, which has taken place at Blists Hill Victorian Town in the Ironbridge Gorge.