May 5th - Passport validity for Europe
It's all about passport validity for Europe. The only subject, it seems, in town. Sometimes it feels that I'm on my own in wanting to make sure people aren't wrongly deprived of their holidays. Just a...
5 Touko 20226min
May 4th - The Elizabeth Line gets its debut date
The Elizabeth Line, or long known as Crossrail, finally has a live date for trains to commence carrying passengers from the 24th May. Initially the great east-west railway beneath central London will ...
4 Touko 20227min
May 3rd - The joys of staying in a backpacker hostel, from a lovely village in the hills above the Algarve.
Today I'm coming to you from beautiful Carrapateira, a little village in the Algarve hills overlooking the southern coastline of Portugal. To get the most of my holiday budget, I'm embracing the backp...
3 Touko 20225min
May 2nd - Off the beaten track in Portugal
I love Lisbon, one of Europe’s most beautiful capital cities, and the locations on its western flanks – in particular Cascais, Estoril and Sintra. But until now I haven’t strayed south to the Setubal ...
2 Touko 20227min
April 29th - Portugal via Gatwick
Good afternoon from Funchal, Madeira. Today I'll be speaking about how the travelling experience was from Gatwick to Portugal - and the joys to be found in the island's beautiful capital.Of course thi...
29 Huhti 20227min
April 28th - Diversionary tactics: Life as an air passenger
As a planeload of Virgin Atlantic passengers from Johannesburg find themselves flying away from London to refuel in Durban, my thoughts about how diversions are part of everyday life for the airline p...
28 Huhti 20226min
April 27th - On The Buses and looking at the future of intercity bus travel
For many, the thought of getting a bus between Britain's cities is the option of last resort and some would say buses have no future in Britain's infrastructure. I'm here on one of the busiest roads i...
27 Huhti 20226min
April 26th - Passports, Please
Many of us are digging out our passports again only to discover that they're not valid for as long as we thought. The Home Office is reporting an 'unprecedented' surge of applications for passports, c...
26 Huhti 20228min
