The Guardian23 hours agoA Garden of England walk to a great pub: the Samuel Palmer, Kentverified_publisherThe Guardian - Adam McCullochAn hour after leaving London Blackfriars, the Thameslink train emerges from a long tunnel into a rural Kentish idyll. As we pass over a Victorian viaduct a bucolic view beckons from the south: a meandering river between wooded chalk hills. Water meadows, poplars and an ancient church tower complete …
The Guardian1 day ago‘A marvellous spot to give into temptation’: readers’ favourite literary bars, pubs and cafesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian readersMemories of Hemingway, Spain Café Iruña in Pamplona, Spain was a favourite of Hemingway when he visited the city for the annual running of the bulls. With high ceilings and wooden panelling, the bar-restaurant evokes bygone days and you can almost imagine Hemingway writing in a corner, particularly …
The Guardian1 day agoA local’s guide to Hobart: platypus spotting, spontaneous nights out and grassroots energyverified_publisherThe Guardian - As told to Ruth DawkinsIt used to be hit and miss even trying to get a good coffee in Hobart, but these days there’s a lively, interesting cafe culture. Bury Me Standing does the most delicious bagels. Machine Laundry at Salamanca is also a favourite: it’s a laundromat-cafe combo so you can enjoy one of their excellent …
The Guardian1 day agoThe plot thickens: why murder mystery weekends are on the riseverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sally HowardI’m an inch down a flute of buck’s fizz when a journalist careers into a buffet table, clasping her bloodied neck. “She’s had her throat slit!” peals a thirtysomething dressed as Jessica Rabbit. A young man in a lime-green cycling skinsuit giggles: “Murder, murder, ahahaha!” and claps his hands. …
The Guardian2 days ago‘It started with a toilet’: the hikers’ hut cleaning up Georgia’s Mount Kazbekverified_publisherThe Guardian - Mike EckelDawn comes at a little past 7am, when the early September sun pokes its head over the ridges east of the northern Georgian town of Stepantsminda, and paints the glaciers and knife edges of Mount Kazbek in hues of peach and magenta. On the wooden deck where I stand, shivering, I alternate blowing the …
The GuardianNot so steep – readers’ favourite affordable skiing optionsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian readersBrilliant ski school, Slovenia We took a family ski trip to Slovenia a few years ago with our daughter, who was seven at the time, and we wanted to try a smaller resort. We took the train from the UK to Bohinj via Ljubljana and Jasenice. In Bohinj we stayed near the foot of the cable car that goes …
