Headwater’s Secret Valleys of Ronda holiday is based in the beautiful white village of Cartajima, hidden in a cork oak clad valley south of the town of Ronda. Your hosts on the holiday are Di and John, and in this blog post Di describes the fervour and excitement of Easter in the village – one of […]
When the going gets tough, grow your own vegetables. Waiting lists for allotments across the UK now exceed 100,000! It seems there is an enduring allure to going through the process of digging, planting, growing and harvesting your own vegetables. It is local, organic, and if everyone I know who has an allotment is to be […]
The Editor of France Magazine Carolyn Boyd had a piece in the Times this weekend on how, contrary to popular opinion at the moment, France is still great value for money when it comes to dining out despite ‘Le Crunch’. Restaurants across the country are offering ‘anti-crise’ menus for as little as 3.50 euros for lunch. […]
It seems we are still in winter’s icy grip, with angry motorists crashing out in their cars – if not actually crashing them – and others having to be rescued by the army as a foot of snow swamped the salt starved roads of the southern counties of the UK in the last 24 hours.