Majorca – just over two hours from a bit of paradiseBY STEVE LOWE Like many people in this country, I have visited Majorca before. It is one of the Mediterranean's most beautiful islands, which makes it one of the world's most beautiful islands ...
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A brilliant 48 hours in BrightonBY SIMON HUTCHINSON A Bank Holiday weekender in Brighton was a must for any mod or rocker in the 1960s but now anyone is invited ...
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Top dog in dining and entertainmentNIGHT OUT: HENLOW GREYHOUND STADIUM Whenever anyone mentions greyhound racing my mind always thinks about the Guy Ritchie film Snatch and the line “D'ya like dags?” ...
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Life in the fast lane – at a priceTRAVEL: DUBLIN The first thing you learn about Dublin is how vibrant it is, or should that be manic ...
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A whole new ball gameFOOTBALL BREAKS Many would argue that the English Premier League is the best football competition in Europe. But there is no harm in finding out how the other half live ...
(08/05/2009)
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Spa-ing partnersBY ROB GIBSON Just twenty minutes north of Milton Keynes, in the heart of rural Northamptonshire, lies Whittlebury Hall, a four star hotel with three restaurants and a spa ...
(15/04/2009)
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Summer in the Alps – a cool ideaBY CHRIS GILL There is something rather extraordinary about frazzling at 27c when all you can see on the horizon is snow ...
(13/02/2009)
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Paris trip a TriompheBY JESSICA CUNNIFFEThe prospect of a day trip to Paris sounds about as probable as popping to Prague or nipping to Scotland ... (05/02/2009)
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Falling in love with Prague's charmsTRAVEL Lager, lager everywhere and far too much to drink. The Czechs love the stuff. Well, they did invent the world's first amber nectar - Pilsner. Not surprisingly they drink more of ...
(21/01/2009)
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Joy of the perfect floating holidayBY CHRIS GILL The mere thought of rowing on the Embankment boating lake used to make me feel seasick. So the idea of spending ten nights cruising the Mediterranean, including a return trip across ...
(18/01/2009)
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Amazing AnnecyBY STEVE LOWE It is a matter of luck where you are born. Better Bedfordshire than Soweto or a South American slum. But I could not help feeling a little envy for those ...
(29/10/2008)
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Diversity is Toronto's strength The Canadian city of Toronto is cool, cultural, vibrant and classy – a perfect location for the Luminato Festival 2008 which celebrates arts and creativity and hosts 138 events over ten days ...
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Licensed to thrill… on the doorstep New website Experience Bedfordshire has said that the county has the highest concentration of extreme sports in the UK. So we let our white-knuckled (slightly stupid) correspondent JAMES CUNLIFFE out ...
(10/10/2008)
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A new take on Ibiza - yogaBY HAYLEY O'KEEFFE On being asked by my well-meaning cousins to holiday with them in Ibiza I had nightmarish visions of a beer-soaked booze cruise, lecherous males and no sleep ...
(12/09/2008)
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Jersey - the cream of the crop It's small. It's perfectly-formed. It has all the sophistication of France with all the f amiliarity of England and ... it' s only 45 minutes from Luton! Leisure editor Sue ...
(29/08/2008)
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A beautiful place to beBEAULIEU, NEW FOREST It is said that Hampshire's New Forest has not changed since it was used as his ‘hunting forest' by William the Conqueror, shortly after he took control of this country ...
(29/08/2008)
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Pack your trunks for Indonesian paradiseBY SIMON HUTCHINSON As the sound of wedding bells died away reporter Simon Hutchinson and his lovely bride Helen set off for a romantic honeymoon destination...
(08/08/2008)
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Marvellous MajorcaBY JESSICA CUNNIFFE Why does the idea of a two-night trip to Majorca throw up images of, well, throwing up? The idea of going to Spain's largest island for a short break has ...
(29/07/2008)
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My Yummy MiamiBY GARRICK ALDER I was determined, in writing about Miami, to avoid any mention of two things. The first was alligators and the second was a certain pastel-hued and Ray-Banned US TV cop show from the 1980s ...
(04/07/2008)
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Family friendly FranceBY STEVE LOWE As it now takes the same time to reach the continent by train as it does to get to Manchester, editor Steve Lowe and family tossed a coin to see ...
(29/07/2008)
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Historic Pisa is an Italian gemBY GAYNOR SELBY The first time I laid eyes on the Leaning Tower of Pisa it literally took my breath away. The Italian bell tower is remarkable and how it has stayed up for ...
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French lifestyle – I'll drink to that Three days drinking wine in France and JAMES CUNLIFFE admits to being a convert... to the ...
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Madrid – emerging from a murky past into a class act Steve Lowe explored the capital of Spain and found it an elevating experience – but also exhausting. He admits he was retiring to his bed just as the locals were ...
(29/07/2008)
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Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of funDAY OUT Yo-ho-ho landlubbers! Sports editor ALEX FINKENRATH casts aside his usual office attire of rugby shirt, football boots, swimming goggles and cricket pads and dons, instead, an eyepatch, wooden leg and ...
(29/07/2008)
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Discovering the charm of Cyprus Thousands of sun-seeking Britons flock to Cyprus every year for its stunning beaches and blue skies but few tourists scratch the surface of this charming Island. Reporter KEELEY KNOWLES goes ...
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Parrots of the CaribbeanBY SUE BRICKAY.jpg) Would you believe it? You wait 27 years to see a St Lucian parrot... and then three come along at once! Which is good news – not least for the ...
(29/07/2008)
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Havana weekend away? Try Cuba I had never really imagined myself visiting Cuba and certainly not for a weekend. Having a friend in the right place, Virgin Atlantic to be precise, the trip was an opportunity ...
(18/01/2008)
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It's well worthwhile going westBY ANDY HANDLEY Taking a trip to the west side, for many, is shopping in Westcroft but a trip to the wild west side is an entirely different affair and starts with what ...
(18/01/2008)
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Surly French add to Disney experienceBY STEVE LOWE One of the pleasures of holidays in France – whatever the weather and wherever you are going – is the driving ...
(28/12/2007)
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We are most definitely amusedCUNARD'S QUEEN VICTORIA Pretentious,moi? Oh, alright then, maybe just a little bit ...
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Canaries sing out their secretsBY GARRICK ALDERThink of the Canary Islands and you'll probably think of the fleshpots of Ibiza,Tenerife and Lanzarote. What you probably won't think of is your very own chance to create a killer ... (02/05/2009)
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How I tamed the river mildBY SIMON HUTCHINSON Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon… Clunk! Not the noise you want to hear when you've hired a boat for a long, relaxing weekend in Germany but it ...
(29/07/2008)
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80 of the luckiest people in the world... the residents of Easdale IslandTRAVEL There's stumbling back from the pub and then there's sailing back. Although you may not be familiar with the latter, take a trip to Easdale Island on the west coast of ...
(23/10/2007)
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A postcard from the west of Ireland I never imagined that I'd get sunburned in Ireland.The Emerald Isle is known for its lush green fields and sodden climate, so the sun soaked week we spent on the ...
(02/10/2007)
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Butlins Bognor makes you smileBY DAVID GALE Forget knobbly knees and glamorous grans, the classic image of the Butlins holiday camp is long gone. Don't get me wrong the Redcoats are still an intrinsic part of the set ...
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They've got the bulls - have you?THE PAMPLONA FESTIVAL It is approaching eight in the morning. I have been up less than an hour but most people around me have not yet been to bed ...
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The Azores – Portugal's pearlsTRAVEL Far away places with strange sounding names have long been a passion and the Azores, a group of brilliantly green islands nestling in the Atlantic Ocean almost a thousand miles ...
(19/12/2007)
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Nothing but glorious memoriesKENYA Lion – check; elephant – check; Cape buffalo – check; leopard – darn; black rhino – blast. Meatloaf would say that two out of three ain't bad and I think that ...
(07/08/2007)
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How I lost my cruise virginityTravel - Norway Sue Brickay starts a romance with the Norwegian fjords. Mr Brickay doesn't do formal. Don't get me wrong – he scrubs up quite well when occasion demands. But the dickie bow and ...
(27/09/2007)
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Gap year destinations: ChileBy Chelsea Heatley ‘Chelsea, as in the football team?' ‘No, as in the name,' I replied, while the joker cocked his head back in hysterics, thinking he was the first person to ever ... (04/04/2008)
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Parc-life's good – if you can afford it The drive to Longleat is a drive through British history, ancient and modern so long as you avoid the motorways. There is the A34 improvements, that once gave environmentalists a bad ...
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Bathe in Venice's seductive charmTravel Francesco Da Mosta has a lot to answer for. He is the Italian aristocrat with the abundant, silver mane of hair, the sexiest voice on Sunday night TV and the ...
(27/09/2007)
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Nothing but glorious memoriesKENYALion – check; elephant – check; Cape buffalo – check; leopard – darn; black rhino – blast. Meatloaf would say that two out of three ain't bad and I think that ...
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Oberland and seeTravel - Switzerland It was when, on the upper slopes of the Stublenipass, the party of octogenarians strode gaily past my sweating, supine form, I realised I wasn't quite as fit as I'd ...
(27/09/2007)
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