Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
I’m not a celebrity, get me in there
Koala - Rex Features
Cerys Traylor reports on an Australian venture that will do more than boost TV ratings.
Student Jessica Letton, 17, is set for the expedition of a lifetime to raise money for children with terminal cancer. Through ‘The Oz Experience’, run by South Wales’ charity The Joshua Foundation, Jessica, from Lewis Girls School, Ystrad Mynach will take part in conservation work from planting trees, to nursing koala bears and fair penguins through Conservation Volunteers Australia. Read the rest of this entry »
Festival is anything but square…
Duffy - Rex Features
Planning for next year’s festivals? Try a bijou event in Arras instead of a big name British one, writes Adam Hartland.
During the summer, while most Brits where hastily packing their wellies into the smallest confinement of their rucksacks, I was doing similar but spending longer locating my passport. This is because me and three friends where heading to another major festival but not actually one in Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
Naked x-ray? No thanks
You're going to do what?! (Picture: Rex Features)
Opinion – By Rowena Wilcox. I’m happy to remove my shoes and walk three metres across an extremely grubby floor on tip-toes as they are x-rayed. I’m happy to wave goodbye to my new (and expensive) handbag as an over- zealous security officer kneads my prized-possession as though it’s a loaf of Hovis brown in order to get it to fit in the tiny tray.
There be dragons
By Chris Latham. The tiny provincial village of Woolfardisworthy West is the very epitome of Englishness. Resting peacefully in the rolling North Devon countryside, it is renowned for its beautiful coastlines and country walks. In this little haven of tranquillity a visit to the local Gnome Reserve is about as exciting as it gets. For one weekend each summer however, something rather unusual takes place.
