AllWays Traveller Features

There are some festivals and events that just have to be seen to be believed. Bridgwater Carnival the UK county of Somerset is one of these. The word carnival may lead ones thinking towards Rio, Venice, Trinidad and Tobago or New Orleans. But while these are indeed tremendous, the carnivals of Somerset, sits on a par - believe me. On the other hand...

The area of the UK now being highlighted as Shakespeare's England is, naturally enough, based around Stratford-upon-Avon. At Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, visitors can visit the houses associated with his life and that of his wife Anne Hathaway. The town is also home to the Royal Shakespeare Company where the Bard's pl...

Melton Mowbray, or just Melton, is a small county town in the north east of the English county of Leicestershire. It lies close to the picturesque Vale of Belvoir, which translates as 'beautiful view' and is an accurate description of the countryside surrounding Melton. While it is an attractive town, it is no more so than many others found through...

They say that 'there's no such thing as bad weather in the Lake District – only inappropriate clothing' and that expression couldn't have been more fitting for our most recent trip to the Lake District to check out The Ryebeck Hotel.​ Upon our arrival, the rain was come down fast, sheets of rain pouring down the windowpanes. Luckily, we were greete...

The county of Devon is sandwiched between Cornwall and Somerset in England's west country. The costal area in the south of the county, where it runs along the English Channel, is particularly attractive and an officially designated area of outstanding natural beauty. The south Devon section of the South West Coastal Path provides walkers bracing ex...

The New Forest National Park takes in some 90,000 acres of ancient forest, heathland and coastline within the English county of Hampshire. Within driving distance of London, and sandwiched between Southampton and Bournemouth, it is a place that seems immune from the frantic rigours of modern life. The landscape here is little changed over the centu...