A day in… Belfast

Adrian explores Belfast in a year when the city majors on its links with the ill-fated Titanic.

A day in… Dundee

Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper

Consumer Focus

From the website:

“Consumer Focus is the statutory organisation campaigning for a fair deal for consumers in England, Wales, Scotland, and, for postal services, Northern Ireland.

Advice for individuals on energy and post is given by Consumer Direct (08454 04 05 06).”

Adrenalin Rush

I must have reached a point in my life where clearly there was an urgent need for some adrenalin rush because last week I bought a V8 engine’d gas guzzling MG that has your eyeballs pinned to the back of your skull when your right foot inadvertently applies too much pressure to the go-faster peddle and this week I find myself in a country that I have never been to before and that speaks a language that just as well be Martian!

Olympics: stay or go?

At the launch last month of the Great campaign – a project aimed at promoting Britain abroad to tie in with next year’s London Olympics, David Cameron declared “In 2012 there will be only one place to be. We are determined to make the most of this opportunity.”

South Downs National Park

60 years after the first national parks were set up, the ninth national park covering the South Downs has been agreed to by the government. It ends a long process since the area was listed for national park status back in 1949 when the original act setting up national parks was introduced.So what does it [...]

Its Autumn! Pack your dog/kids/grandkids in the car and go for a walk!

Autumn leavesAutumn. Sigh…. My favourite time of the year! Clear blue skies (sometimes), crisp morning frosts and leaves varying so much in colour and contrasting with the skies that artists struggle to reproduce this wonderful time of the year on canvas!
In a country which offers such a large variety of geological/topological [...]