South West Trains has put weekend day trips on sale during the month of August. For just £10 return (that's round-trip for some of us), you can travel to and ... Read More

Scotland's Homecoming 2009 theme is woven through the programming for this year's Edinburgh International Festival. The International Festival, which starts and ends about a week after the much bigger Edinburgh Fringe ... Read More

Looking for something different to serve on your summer picnics or to imbibe under the summer stars? About.com's new guide to Culinary Travel, Alison Wellner, has collected some great summer ... Read More

When I was a teenager, we traveled across America on vacation, even though my father been laid off. We kids slept in the back of a red Nash Rambler station ... Read More

The Jamaica Inn, high in Cornwall's Bodmin Moor, was once a crossroads for smugglers. During the 18th and 19th centuries, all sorts of dark deeds took place in this isolated ... Read More

It's the UK season for Corn Mazes - or, as they like to call them here, Amaizing Maize Mazes. Between now and about mid September when the corn is finally ... Read More

White Air, Europe's largest extreme sport and music festival moves to Brighton from the Isle of Wight this September. The festival, scheduled for September 18 to 20, combines water sports and ... Read More

...As Wales Celebrates the UK's Newest Thomas Telford's masterpiece, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, was named Wales third UNESCO World Heritage Site last month. The canal, built between 1795 and 1805, ... Read More

Do you shop when you go on vacation or holiday? What do you look for? What do you like to buy? Souvenirs for yourself? Presents for friends and family back ... Read More

A goat for a poor family in the developing world, at any rate. That's what 15 books donated to British charity OXFAM can buy. As an author, I'm not sure I ... Read More

On July 11, 1859, Big Ben chimed for the first time over London. That makes London's most famous landmark 150 years old tomorrow. Originally the name Big Ben was only applied ... Read More

Enjoy England, the official website for breaks and days out in England, has organized an enormous number of Kids Go Free offers all over the country this summer to help ... Read More

Long hot summers are not usually associated with UK travel but the weatherman has predicted an unusually hot, dry summer this year. If the first few days of this month ... Read More

The British traveling public has relied on The Good Pub Guide to more than 5,000 pubs for more than 25 years. Independent and comprehensive, it includes yearly updates and ... Read More

Antony Gormley's 'Field for the British Isles', a crowd of 40,000 hand-sized terracotta figures made by the people of St. Helens, will be on show in the Spanish Barn ... Read More

Did you know that chickweed and goose grass make lovely salad greens? Or that fat hen (the weed, not the chicken) makes a tasty bhaji? Until I attended Wild Food ... Read More