Posts Tagged ‘ Lake District ’

Travel Counsellors conclude that consumers remain confident that summer holidays both overseas and at home are on the cards

Travel guide Lonely Planet has hailed England as the second best country in the world in which to travel. Here’s why…

The Lake District is a huge tourist draw so if the airport can get direct flights to the places from where existing (and potential) visitors come, then there is no reason why the airport shouldn’t flourish.

Visitors will head to the national parks on both sunny and inclement days for the walking, the scenery, the enjoyment and the opportunity to just clear the mind’s cobwebs!

This weekend is Trooping the Colour and this coming week is National Picnic Week. The good weather is encouraging more of us to enjoy the great outdoors so have a look at our events listings.

The Lake District, a new Bronte trail, the big Ramsagate festival and the arrival of Las Vegas in London to bring some pizzazz to the capital are some of Adrian’s thoughts this week.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world

Yesterday at the Westminster Media Forum meeting on tourism, a different subject was raised by a Cambridge councillor, John Hipkin. It is the problem of having too many of us visiting his city.

Built using a series of trees as the main supports, this unique and specialist facility is 100 metres long and stretches across eight platforms, with seven separate challenges.

Yesterday at the UNESCO meeting in the Polish city of Krakow it was announced that the Lake District had received World Heritage status. What will this mean?

Today is UNESCO World Heritage Day. Given the destruction by ISIS at Palmyra and at other Middle Eastern sites it is important to remember what we have lost and give thanks for what we still have and still have to discover.

A museum of ice-cream, another about Dr Seuss, Bexit, being a gin ambassador and new flights to Russia attract Adrian’s attention this week.

This is the rather pretentious name that has given by the government to its plans to support those areas of Cumbria flooded last winter.

In a week full of incident, peachicks, penguins, an Air France strike and Pokemon Go take Adrian’s attention before he goes off to visit the Big Cheese in Caerphilly today!

Buenos Aires – Argentina’s charismatic capital – may get most of limelight but a trip to the country’s Lake District is fully warranted in in its own right says Kaye Holland.

Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef

Jeremy Macdonogh, author of A Gap Year or Two, talks travel

Leo Holding – aka Britain’s best climber – talks travel

Some of the best travel adventures can be found right here in the UK says Phoebe Smith – editor of adventure travel magazine Wanderlust and author of Extreme Sleeps: Adventures of a Wild Camper

In the last few weeks I have had more press releases about Halloween than almost anything else. I knew it was a big event in America but over here?

Rosa Park – editor of quarterly food/travel magazine Cereal – on Cornwall, Copenhagen and the Californian coastal town of Santa Barbara

As an island England has more than its fair share of coastline and the national tourist board’s new Coastal Escapes campaign sets out to celebrate it, from quaint Victorian promenades and secret coves to surfers’ hotspots and long sandy stretches. Read on for the low-down on England’s top coastal experiences…

Today sees a new icon on the London skyline, open its doors to the public for the first time. The View from the Shard – the visitor attraction at the tallest building in western Europe – will offer visitors a whole new perspective on the capital

It’s official, England has gone wild swimming crazy. From TV shows and books to charity competitions, it seems we can’t get enough of outdoor swimming spots

Whether you’re eager to learn the history behind Guy Fawkes and his failed gunpowder plot or just want to indulge in toffee apples and treacle whilst watching the sky sparkle, we have the low-down on the top events around the country to guarantee your bonfire night goes off with a bang!

Times may be tough but Brits are refusing to give up their summer holiday – according to Travelodge’s annual holiday index, published earlier this week

Dr. Jill Nash, owner of independent guidebook publishing company ‘Luxury Backpackers’, on Canada, Cornwall and the Lake District’s best kept secrets

CD Traveller reader, Emilie Scholey, takes us on a tour of her five favourite destinations