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Peak Travel: Exploring the World’s Mountains
‘I would tell you a joke about a mountain, but I'm worried you wouldn't get over it.’
‘I would tell you a joke about a mountain, but I'm worried you wouldn't get over it.’
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Pitcairn - The Island Far Away, by Boat, from the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia - RTW via Pitcairn 5
I’m going to cut a very miserable story short and simply pronounce the voyage to be dreadful. It’s 688 kilometres and is scheduled to...
I’m going to cut a very miserable story short and simply pronounce the voyage to be dreadful. It’s 688 kilometres and is scheduled to take 32 hours - two nights and one day.
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The Best Beach in the World?
What makes a beach special? Quiet? What exactly does this mean? I suppose beaches fall very broadly into three categories:
What makes a beach special? Quiet? What exactly does this mean? I suppose beaches fall very broadly into three categories:
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Saint Helena - Remote Island Home of the Saints - Aardvarks and Atlantic Airports 2
Saint Helena, best known as the place where Napoléon Bonaparte was exiled, is one of the world's most isolated islands.
Saint Helena, best known as the place where Napoléon Bonaparte was exiled, is one of the world's most isolated islands.
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Wales - Merlin and Magic
Wales signifies castles, steam railways (The Great Little Trains of Wales), mountains, sheep and rugby. It's every man’s dream trip.
Wales signifies castles, steam railways (The Great Little Trains of Wales), mountains, sheep and rugby. It's every man’s dream trip.
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Anguilla - Every Year's Hot Island - Rest of the Caribbean 3
Anguilla boasts that it has the best beaches on the Caribbean. And that’s a mighty boast. It has 33 of them. So my task...
Anguilla boasts that it has the best beaches on the Caribbean. And that’s a mighty boast. It has 33 of them. So my task is to check out this claim.
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Scotland - The Awesome North Coast 500
The North Coast 500 (NC500) is a tourist route created out of existing roads that loop round the very northern part of the Highlands....
The North Coast 500 (NC500) is a tourist route created out of existing roads that loop round the very northern part of the Highlands. it’s been touted as Scotland’s answer to Route 66 – which is pushing it rather.
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The Wondrous Western Isles of Scotland
It takes me just ten hours to drive from Brighton to Oban, known as The Gateway to the Western Isles. So I’m happy, but...
It takes me just ten hours to drive from Brighton to Oban, known as The Gateway to the Western Isles. So I’m happy, but utterly exhausted.
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Orkney - The Prehistoric Wonderland of Scotland - Northern Isles Part 2
Orkney is a historian’s dream. There are more archaeological sites here per square mile than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
Orkney is a historian’s dream. There are more archaeological sites here per square mile than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
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