Travelrepublic.co.uk, an online travel agency, has been named No 1 in the UK Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table with an impressive 284% increase in annual sales. Travelmole reports that this is the first occasion on which a travel company has topped the league of fastest growing privately owned UK companies. I must [...]

I really like visiting graveyards and cemeteries and the Old Town Cemeteries lie on the way up to Stirling Castle. View to Stirling Castle There are two distinct graveyards beside the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. The “Old Kirkyard” has some headstones dating from as far back as 1579. The rows of headstones [...]

I had lunch at Duncan’s in Perth with a friend this week. They offer a two course lunch for £10. Duncan’s pride themselves on “fresh food sourced locally and cooked with respect”. They appear to change the  lunch menu monthly. I had the market fish which was sea bass served with fried potatoes and bacon. [...]

I’ve heard quite a bit about the UK launch of Kayak, initially from my husband when he was searching for a second hand kayak to purchase. He found it rather frustrating that this travel site kept appearing. It does seem a bit of a strange name but I’ve read pretty good things about Kayak UK, [...]

If you like to win 2 nights free accommodation in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital recently voted the best UK short break destination then enter the Scottish Apartments competition. Edinburgh Accommodation Apartments in Edinburgh Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities in the UK. I know I’m biased being Scottish. If you do visit don’t just [...]

I spent an extremely pleasant November evening strolling along the Thames Path from Tower Bridge to Westminster along the north bank of the river. I started at Tower Bridge Underground station, walking down to the river as dusk was beginning to fall. Tower Bridge at dusk I headed west along the well signedposted river walkway. [...]

It seems that my suspicions earlier this year about travellers claiming they wanted to be greener and taking on action of this front are all too true. According to a recent opinion poll only 7% of UK holidaymakers are willing to pay to offset the environmental effects of their trip. Could part of the reason [...]

Liverpool is gearing up for the glare of the cultural spotlight as it’ll be the 2008 European Capital of Culture. It’s been voted one of the top 10 must see destinations in 2008 by Expedia. Liverpool at night by JochenB The concept of the “Capital of Culture” was launched by the European Union in 1985 [...]

Good -  cheap rooms in a central location. Bad – cooked breakfast awful, rooms could be cleaner.  Lack of parking. Rating – 7 out of 10 I needed to stay for a night in central Edinburgh so I did a search on HotelsCombined, a hotel price comparison site.  The Osbourne Hotel came up with the [...]

Update 12/12/07 -Booking period extended to 16 December 2007. Travelodge has launched their biggest ever sale with 250,000 rooms available for only £19. You need to book by the 1 December 2007 for stays between 16 December 2007 and 20 January 2008. Regular readers of my blog will know I’m a fan of Travelodge for [...]