Is it possible or desirable to have a holiday while staying at home? I suppose that partly depends on where you live. This year we’ll be spending some of our holiday time at home in Berwick upon Tweed in north east England. The 3 bridges of Berwick upon Tweed I decided to compile some of [...]

If you’ve read film critics reviews and though what a load of rubbish, I could write something better myself, here’s your opportunity. All you have to do is write a review of film that you love or hate in fewer than 250 words and write why you’d like to win the competition. The winner will [...]

I had lunch today at the Alnwick Garden Tree House during my visit to the garden. As you can see in the photo the exterior of the building is striking and attractive. There is seating on the terraces and the interior is very imaginative. There was an open fire in the centre of the restaurant [...]

I visited The Alnwick Garden today. It’s billed as one of the most exciting contemporary gardens developed in the 20th century, a magical landscape created from unique ideas. I was disappointed by the gardens, it wasn’t very large and I didn’t observe much that was unique. It’s £8 for an adult to enter and I [...]

Last week I launched Business Blog Boost a blog to help business owners boost their business by blogging. I wanted to author a blog which would give other entrepreneurs the benefit of my experience blogging for my travel business. I am not setting myself up as an expert on business blogging and I advocate all [...]

Peter Scott writes two “alternative” guide websites Hidden-Dublin.com and Hidden-Italy.com to give visitors a more realistic picture of these destinations. 1  What is the aim of your business? Firstly, while it does cost me a lot of time and some expense to run hidden-dublin.com, I don’t consider it as a business as such. My aim [...]

The Scotsman newspaper reports that in the one week since BA check-in and baggage handling has been outsourced that hardly any BA flights have departed from Edinburgh airport on time. It would appear that BA anticipated that many of their experienced staff would transfer to the new service provider Aviance. This doesn’t seem to have [...]

Ron Steenvoorden of Islayinfo.com talks to Europe a la Carte about his website which features the Scottish island of Islay. Round Church at Bowmore Islay 1 What is the aim of your business? To promote, through the Islayinfo.com website, the beautiful Isle of Islay in the best possible way, give its visitors enough inside information [...]

I’ve read about possible delays at UK airports. Immigration officials report that it’s taking more than twice as long to scan the the passports of travellers arriving in the UK. due to the installation of new equipment. New rules for entering Spain require that Spanish authorities are given full details of all passengers before the [...]

I ate at the Tiger Coast indian restaurant, 114 High St, North Berwick in East Lothian today. I wanted to try the all day Sunday buffet which cost £9 for an adult. The buffet choice consisted of vegetable pakora and various salads. For the main course there were four meat curry dishes, chicken tikka, a [...]