The Foody Traveller
Cuba is a surprisingly big island. Unfortunately Anna Hyman and Jackie Marriott hadn’t allowed enough time to explore either Havana or the island’s central section properly. Cuba is a fascinating destination. For a start with its glorious beaches, lush valleys and rugged mountains it is beautiful. Christopher Columbus is said to have described this fertile […]
Whilst some people enjoy a glass of wine with the cheese board, others, like Anna Hyman, really don’t like the combination. However, on a visit to Antwerp and the Pas de Calais she found that a glass of beer with a platter of cheese was exactly right. I love cheese but I really dislike drinking […]
Whilst some people enjoy a glass of wine with the cheese board, others, like Anna Hyman, really don’t like the combination. However, on a visit to Antwerp and the Pas de Calais she found that a glass of beer with a platter of cheese was exactly right. I love cheese but I really dislike drinking […]
Renaissance Florence and medieval Siena are two of Mary Bunning’s favourite Italian cities. She also has a passion for the works of the sculptor Donatello. In this article she visits Florence. Even though I had been to Florence several times the visits had been short and the queues for attractions such as the Uffizi Palace […]
The most spectacular feature of Britain’s canal network is surely the 1007-feet long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct which takes the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee near Chirk. Narrowboats cross it in a metal trough which has a towpath on one side and a sheer 126 feet drop on the other. No matter how many times you […]
