Fingel once plied the shores of Scotland from Oban, ferrying lighthouse keepers, essential supplies and maintenance staff to remote lighthouses. It was retired from service in 2000 and now, after a £5m, two-year refit, the luxurious floating hotel is permanently docked in the now fashionable Port of Leith housing guests in five-star surroundings. A...

We walked in the footsteps of our Neolithic ancestors at Stonehenge – construction started in 3001BC - and were blown away. This ring of standing stones, with each standing around 13 feet high, seven feet wide and weighing around 25 tons - is one of the wonders of the world. It is no wonder then that over 1m visitors a year from all over the planet...

Cheddar Gorge: The website proclaimed Cheddar Gorge as one of Britain's most spectacular natural landmarks. It added: "From its awe-inspiring cliffs to its extraordinary subterranean stalactite show caves. "Cheddar Gorge and Caves holds many fascinating secrets about our prehistoric ancestors, and is an international centre for caving and rock clim...

Our grand-daughter was given the adoption of a donkey as a present. So, when in Devon for a break we were instructed to visit Millie. We drove from Lyme Regis along a tree-lined route and did not know what to expect as we saw the brown sign for The Donkey Sanctuary and turned off the main coast road. The extensive and well-filled car park gave a cl...

We've toured extensively on the South Coast, visiting exciting resorts like Brighton and Bournemouth, regal Rye and enjoyable Hastings and chilling Selsey near Chichester and wonderful Weymouth to name a few. We've even used Brixham as a base to visit Torquay and Dartmouth, a stylish resort which we loved, and enjoyed Padstow even in the height of ...

In 1972, when Jesus Christ Superstar was taking London's West End by storm, I was young, rashly impressionable and recently 'out' as an atheist. As such, I decided this Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice 'religion based' rock opera was not for me. Since then I have often wondered what I might have missed. When some 45 years later, the Open Air Theatre Regent's ...