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Author Annabel's fun baking break

LEADING author and children's food expert Annabel Karmel MBE will be taking a break at Haven's Combe Haven Holiday Park, near Hastings in Sussex, in September. Read

British and French history merge in a fascinating town

HISTORY is all around in northern France. We discovered this while having breakfast in the Chatellerie de Schoebeque in Cassel when three British soldiers marched in, taking a break from a cycle ride to raise cash for injured service personnel. Read

Time to take it easy

FORGET Hi-de-Hi! It's Hode-Ho! for us from now on. Read

Viva Espana's culinary break

HAVE cringed at the melting antics of Gordon Ramsay turning would-be cooks into simpering blobs of gravy... Read

A golf course for all seasons

CLEOBURY Mortimer Golf Club is a course for all seasons, nestling in the Shropshire countryside amongst the rolling hills and gently sloping valleys of Border Country. Read

British beach hols a mystery to kids

TODAY'S children are not likely to grow up with memories of taking a good old-fashioned jaunt to the British seaside, as a study by Travelodge has revealed one in ten youngsters has never visited a UK beach. Read

Car rental broker online with superior service

A REVOLUTIONARY new online car hire service has just launched in the UK. Read

Explore the film's setting

READ the book*, see the movie, then book a stay in the Peak District and explore the film's two key locations of Chatsworth and Kedleston Hall. Read

Seaside snapshots on show

FROM dramatic coastlines and idyllic fishing villages to sea-bathing, promenades and donkey rides, the popularity of the seaside has led to its enduring status as a quintessential British experience. Read

Weather check sent to mobile

OPODO is giving its customers a personalised send off before they go on their travels with its new Tarmac Text. Read

Brits lured by the Lira

AS the popularity of destinations outside the Eurozone grows among British tourists, Turkey has emerged as a holiday hotspot for 2008. Read

Extra help for the family in London

THE credit crunch is bad news in most ways, but not if you are planning a hotel break in Britain. Read

Nicole set to spark interest in outback

VOYAGES Hotels & Resorts is anticipating a surge in bookings for Australian outback adventures when Baz Luhrmann’s epic new film Australia is released in the UK on December 26. Read

Herefordshire Food Festival's vodka surprise

MUCH better known for its cider, Herefordshire will be raising a few eyebrows ­ as well as some glasses ­ when it unveils the county’s latest tipple at the annual Food Festival, at Hereford Racecourse over the weekend of October 25 and 26. Read

Raising a toast to Rioja

EVERY visit to Bilbao demands at least a glimpse of the titanium-clad jumble of glittering shapes that make up Frank Gehry’s famous Guggenheim Museum. Read

Celebrate 'all things bubbly'

MONT Rochelle Hotel and Mountain Vineyard in South Africa’s Cape Winelands will be celebrating ‘all things bubbly’ in December during the annual Franschhoek Champagne Festival. Read

Celebrate Scotland

THE World’s Biggest Golf Giveaway, the Largest Scottish Clan Gathering, the World’s Biggest Virtual Burns Supper celebration and a contemporary arts exhibit featuring Tracey Emin are just some of the highlights of the exciting and inspirational programme of events revealed for Scotland’s first ever Homecoming year. Read

Gastronomic getaway in Mallorcan sun

FOR a cookery course with a difference, self-catering accommodation specialists, Mallorca Farmhouses is introducing a series of Guilt-Free Gastronomic Getaways to Mallorca this autumn and next spring. Read

Rough guide opens up Korea

A NEW title from Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to Korea opens up this fascinating yet relatively unexplored corner of Asia. Read

Sauna in the sky in Finland

WE all know the Finns take their saunas seriously but in the Lappish ski resort of Ylläs this obsession has reached new heights... literally! Read

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