A long weekend in Lake Annecy: high thrills and haute cuisine


Catherine Henderson enjoys high thrills and haute cuisine in Lake Annecy – arguably one of France’s most beautiful areas

Spotlight on San Francisco

Ahead of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th birthday on May 27, San Francisco has never looked more golden writes Kaye Holland. Read her guide to the city with its head in the clouds, here

Consumer Council (Northern Ireland)

From the website:

“The Consumer Council represents consumers and gives them a voice. We ensure that the policy makers in Northern Ireland hear that voice and take it into account when they are making decisions that affect us all.”

A diary of a tourist in Cuba – Part 2

A day-by-day memory of an unforgettable holiday

Sunday
The new day came early and loudly with all the neighbourhood dogs barking loudly and incessantly from well before daylight. Still reeling from yet another sleep-deprived night, breakfast was served and then in no time at all, Rubio was outside with ‘Caballo’ to take us to the derelict prison where Fidel Castro was incarcerated before the revolution. What an eerie place! A hugely grand marble staircase up to the admin block and close by, colonial style houses set in a crescent for the officers.

Bargains Remain on the Big Getaway Weekend

This is the biggest weekend of the summer holiday when supposedly the largest number of people head off. And judging by the state of the M25 yesterday that could be the case. On the Surrey section there were entry speed advisory signs of 40mph and slow moving traffic when I crossed over it. A National Express coach going from Gatwick to Swansea came up from Dorking and headed off towards Cobham in an attempt to try and avoid the traffic, a sure sign of lots of traffic since a regular North Surrey-Swansea link isn’t in the timetable

Toilets!

Adrian spends sooo much time at the airports, however, being male, and I assume a sparse packer, I very much doubt he has experienced the issues females travelling alone have with the toilets at airports.
We are constantly reminded that we are not to leave our luggage alone at any time, so off we pop to [...]

Doing Arran in a day

The Isle of Arran is known as ‘Scotland in Miniature’ owing to its remarkable mix of mountains, rolling hills, charming villages and beautiful coastline. Resident, Claire Richardson, tells us how to ‘do Arran in a day’