Do you ever go out for a moonlit stroll? Do you like to wander solitary beneath the stars? It's one of those activities that you could...

 Most of the motorway miles I notch up tend to be drab and boring. Motorways are all about getting there fast with little to see along the w...

Sometimes Mr B comes up with a good idea for somewhere interesting to visit. And Space City, or le Cité de l'Espace , was one such choic...

We're off to the sun-kissed lands of the South. Catalonia here we come! And because our party includes the Wonder Dog we're off on...

We arrived in Chartres in the early hours of yesterday morning, exhausted by our mad dash out of London. Emi's exams over, we were hungr...

Would you like to have a look at the real Marlinspike Hall , country home of Captain Haddock and hangout of that great hero, Tintin?

Now I have to confess to having been a fan of Eleanor of Aquitaine for a very long time, and it was this interest in Eleanor that drew...

The other day, as we were bombing down the Loire Valley, we came upon a castle that blew us away. Feast your eyes on the Renaissanc...

And so we've made our seasonal dash from my family to his  ...  from Ireland to the Costa Brava. Road trip, anyone? Belfast to Barcelo...

So here it is: I give you the Pont du Gard in daylight. Isn't it a splendid sight? This is the highest aqueduct that those wily old Rom...