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Whitby is the top place on the coast

11:00am Saturday 3rd May 2008

As Whitby is voted top place for a day out, CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL visits the home of Captain Cook, Dracula and those famous steps.

Scotland with style

Hitting the shops in Buchanan Street

1:43pm Saturday 26th April 2008

Great Scot! DAVE FLETT finds Scotland’s largest city full of welcome surprises.

Aldwark Manor, Alne, York

Aldwark Manor

10:00am Saturday 12th April 2008

Maxine Gordon enjoys a weekend of relaxation and pampering - just a short drive from York.

Off on a high

The gigantic lagoon pool at Serignan Plage

10:48am Saturday 22nd March 2008

Mike Laycock drives through France to the Med, stopping to admire an amazing bridge on the way.

Wowed by Iowa

Tulips in the Dutch settlement of Pella

11:40am Saturday 26th January 2008

Iowa only surfaces in American life every four years when voters decide who they would like to be president. Sam Southgate discovers that there are many more reasons to visit the Midwestern state.

An historic fling

Robert Brookes

11:49am Saturday 19th January 2008

Warwick Castle is a tremendous place to visit, especially when the Medieval siege engine springs into action, as Robert Brookes discovers (and, yes, that is him in the stocks)

Different beat

Sunday parade in the Grote Markt

10:30am Saturday 29th December 2007

John Wheatcroft finds there’s more to Antwerp than diamonds

Santa’s Big Apple

Times Square at night

11:50am Saturday 8th December 2007

Charlotte Percival discovers there is more to New York than shopping.

Angers management

Inside the David d'Angers Gallery

1:36pm Saturday 24th November 2007

The new Eurostar service brings France just that little bit closer. Julian Cole hops on board for a long weekend trip to Angers, in the Loire valley.

Pottering about

Lake Windermere as seen from Storrs Hall hotel

10:26am Saturday 17th November 2007

Sarah Hyde visits Beatrix Potter country and the shores of Windermere.


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