Want a local JobsWant a local HomesWant a local MotorsWant a local DirectoryClassifiedsWhats onTV Listings

 
Bedfordshire on Sunday Logo




 
 
Today...

Majorca – just over two hours from a bit of paradise

BY STEVE LOWE

Travel - The Hotel Bonsol 'cascading down to a private beach'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 ... (19/06/2009) Read More [Read More]



A brilliant 48 hours in Brighton

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Travel - Tom Leech, Phill Jupitus and Simon Hutchinson's wife Helen, rightA Bank Holiday weekender in Brighton was a must for any mod or rocker in the 1960s but now anyone is invited ... (19/06/2009) Read More [Read More]



Top dog in dining and entertainment

NIGHT OUT: HENLOW GREYHOUND STADIUM

Travel - GreyhoundsWhenever anyone mentions greyhound racing my mind always thinks about the Guy Ritchie film Snatch and the line “D'ya like dags?” ... (19/06/2009) Read More [Read More]



Life in the fast lane – at a price

TRAVEL: DUBLIN

Travel - Guiness factory in DublinThe first thing you learn about Dublin is how vibrant it is, or should that be manic ... (19/06/2009) Read More [Read More]



A whole new ball game

FOOTBALL BREAKS

Travel - Estadio de DragaoMany 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) Read More [Read More]



Spa-ing partners

BY ROB GIBSON

Travel - Whittlebury HallJust 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) Read More Whittlebury Hall



Summer in the Alps – a cool idea

BY CHRIS GILL

Travel - Les Saisies in the AlpsThere is something rather extraordinary about frazzling at 27c when all you can see on the horizon is snow ... (13/02/2009) Read More [Read More]



Paris trip a Triomphe

BY JESSICA CUNNIFFE

The prospect of a day trip to Paris sounds about as probable as popping to Prague or nipping to Scotland ... (05/02/2009) Read More [Read More]



Falling in love with Prague's charms

TRAVEL

Travel - Old Town Square, PragueLager, 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 ...
Travel - Luton Video symbol (21/01/2009) Read More [Read More]



Joy of the perfect floating holiday

BY CHRIS GILL

Travel - Sunshine moments on Catalina Island, with the Ventura anchored in the background.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) Read More [Read More]



Amazing Annecy

BY STEVE LOWE

Travel - AnnecyIt 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) Read More [Read more]



Diversity is Toronto's strength

Travel - TorontoThe 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 ... (29/10/2008) Read More [Read More]



Licensed to thrill… on the doorstep

Travel - In the Bodyflight wind tunnelNew 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) Read More [Read More]



A new take on Ibiza - yoga

BY HAYLEY O'KEEFFE

Travel - YogaOn 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) Read More [Read More]



Jersey - the cream of the crop

Travel - JerseyIt'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) Read More [Read More]



A beautiful place to be

BEAULIEU, NEW FOREST

Travel - The Montagu Arms HotelIt 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) Read More [Read More]



Pack your trunks for Indonesian paradise

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Travel - ElephantAs 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) Read More [Read More]



Marvellous Majorca

BY JESSICA CUNNIFFE

Travel - MajorcaWhy 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) Read More [Read More]



My Yummy Miami

BY GARRICK ALDER

Travel - Miami pic 1I 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) Read More [Read More]



Family friendly France

BY STEVE LOWE

Travel - Eurostar at St Pancras stationAs 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) Read More [Read More]



Historic Pisa is an Italian gem

BY GAYNOR SELBY

Travel - Leaning Tower of PisaThe 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 ... (29/07/2008) Read More [Read More]



French lifestyle – I'll drink to that

Travel - Hills of grape vines dominate the Languedoc region of southern FranceThree days drinking wine in France and JAMES CUNLIFFE admits to being a convert... to the ... (29/07/2008) Read More [Read More]



Madrid – emerging from a murky past into a class act

Travel - Plaza MayorSteve 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) Read More [Read More]



Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of fun

DAY OUT

Travel - Pirate WorldYo-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) Read More [Read More]



Discovering the charm of Cyprus

Travel - Kourion TheatreThousands 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 ... (29/07/2008) Read More [Read More]



Parrots of the Caribbean

BY SUE BRICKAY

Travel - Petit PitonWould 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) Read More [Read More]



Havana weekend away? Try Cuba

Travel - CubaI 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) Read More [Read More]



It's well worthwhile going west

BY ANDY HANDLEY

Travel - Elk on Beaver Meadow in Estes Park, ColoradoTaking 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) Read More [Read More]



Surly French add to Disney experience

BY STEVE LOWE

Travel - Disneyland ParisOne of the pleasures of holidays in France – whatever the weather and wherever you are going – is the driving ... (28/12/2007) Read More [Read More]



We are most definitely amused

CUNARD'S QUEEN VICTORIA

Travel - Cunard's Queen VictoriaPretentious,moi? Oh, alright then, maybe just a little bit ... () Read More [Read More]



Canaries sing out their secrets

BY GARRICK ALDER

Think 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) Read More [Read More]



How I tamed the river mild

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Travel - Simon aboard the MagnifiqueCruising 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) Read More [Read More]



80 of the luckiest people in the world... the residents of Easdale Island

TRAVEL

Travel - Keeley Knowles (left) and partner MarkThere'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) Read More [Read More]



A postcard from the west of Ireland

Travel - Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.  Pic by Ian MilesI 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) Read More [Read more...]



Butlins Bognor makes you smile

BY DAVID GALE

Travel - ButlinsForget 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 ... () Read More [Full review]



They've got the bulls - have you?

THE PAMPLONA FESTIVAL

Travel - The Pamplona bull runIt 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 ... () Read More [Read More]



The Azores – Portugal's pearls

TRAVEL

Travel - The AzoresFar 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) Read More [Read More]



Nothing but glorious memories

KENYA

Travel - Sunset in KenyaLion – 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) Read More [Read More]



How I lost my cruise virginity

Travel - Norway

Travel - Sue Brickay starts a romance with the Norwegian fjords 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) Read More [Read More]



Gap year destinations: Chile

By Chelsea Heatley

Travel - The sites of Chile‘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) Read More [Read More]



Parc-life's good – if you can afford it

Travel - One of the activities at Center ParcsThe 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 ... () Read More [Read More]



Bathe in Venice's seductive charm

Travel

Travel - VeniceFrancesco 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) Read More [Read More]



Nothing but glorious memories

KENYA

Travel - Sunset in KenyaLion – 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 ... () Read More [Read More]



Oberland and see

Travel - Switzerland

Travel - Sue Brickay with a Swiss cowIt 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) Read More [Read More]







Travel information and places to go. Bedfordshire on Sunday. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Europe, Asia, North & South America.