When I was 8 years old, I met a kid called Edward. We instantly became best friends and began a lifetime of adventure and tomfoolery.…
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Grey-haired hikers rule the Surrey countryside. Their stuffed backpacks and ski-pole walking sticks bulk them up like wealthy Ghostbusters. Where are they going? What do…
Leave a CommentMore manageable than London, and more beautiful than Cambridge, Oxford’s the England we’re all looking for….. A jodhpur-clad girl rode confidently through the traffic on a reconditioned retro racer.…
Leave a CommentCamping on the Gower Peninsula has become a holy grail for many adventurous Brits looking to escape to the rolling waves and hills. Being brought…
26 CommentsUnprepared but unperturbed, Ben Holbrook explores Joshua Tree National Park, where life is lived dangerously or not at all. “Do you think there are mountain lions…
Leave a CommentIn a last-ditch attempt to give his mother-in-law, Ana, a taste of authentic London, Ben Holbrook heads to Columbia Road Flower Market, where the bellowing…
2 CommentsBen Holbrook discovers a peaceful haven away from the London chaos, only to be greeted by another kind of crazy. Living in London, or near London as…
Leave a CommentAs I write this I am sitting in La Latina, Madrid, the capital city of Spain. The warm summer breeze flows gently through the rustic…
Leave a Comment“Take an hour for lunch and be back here ready for the dinner rush,” David told me. Luckily I had my board in the car. I…
Leave a CommentVisiting the Amalfi coast has always been a dream of mine and I had been obsessed with the idea of spending some time there since…
1 CommentI heard about Richmond Park when I was just a kid. Everyone always talked about this amazing giant park in the middle of London –…
Leave a CommentWe flew into San Francisco and I had no idea what time or day it was. We’d been flying for what seemed like a lifetime,…
Leave a CommentI’ve never been one to get over-excited about watching sport. As a kid I’d fall asleep as soon as the footie was turned on and…
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