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Better Than the Bernina Express: A Flight-free Rail Adventure

Better Than the Bernina Express: A Flight-free Rail Adventure

Jan 28, 2026 | Adventures all over the world, Most Recent Trips and Tips, Topical

It’s hard to beat the intoxicating thrill of a road trip packed with everchanging locations but I think I have just managed it. Gazing out of a train rather than a car window enjoying the contrast of breathtaking Alpine scenery, dreamy Italian lakes and the buzz of...
Five Best Things to Do in Singapore

Five Best Things to Do in Singapore

Jan 26, 2026 | Adventures all over the world, Most Recent Trips and Tips, Topical

Mark’s Stop-Over Special Singapore is a safe, vibrant, joyful place and a handy stop-over. You can see and experience so much in a short amount of time. I first visited Singapore in 1991 with no money, not much time and a very basic room in the YMCA hostel. For my...
Reluctant Cruiser goes on a Greek Odyssey

Reluctant Cruiser goes on a Greek Odyssey

Jan 26, 2026 | Adventures all over the world, Most Recent Trips and Tips

Henry and Julie from Telford live inside my head.They are the clichéd couple I dread getting stuck with on a humongous ship with no escape from never ending stories of their long and exotic cruise history, laborious details about Henry’s new electric Vauxhall Corsa...
Tokyo’s Charming Hidden Gem: Yanaka Ginza

Tokyo’s Charming Hidden Gem: Yanaka Ginza

Jan 26, 2026 | Deep into the soul of Japan, Most Recent Trips and Tips

Here’s why you must spend a few hours in the delightful and charming district of Yanaka Ginza. Half a day here gives you a peaceful break from the madness of the world’s biggest city and introduces you to the calm, relaxing spirit of old Tokyo. In my short visit, I...
Kyoto: How to experience Arashiyama Bamboo Forest without the crowds

Kyoto: How to experience Arashiyama Bamboo Forest without the crowds

Jan 26, 2026 | Deep into the soul of Japan, Most Recent Trips and Tips

The famous Arashiyama Bamboo Forest is worth a visit, but it can be hugely crowded — so here’s a great tip for making the most of this area. We took a taxi higher up the Arashiyama hillside to Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple and spent a couple of dreamy hours exploring this...
Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage

Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage

Jan 25, 2026 | Deep into the soul of Japan, Most Recent Trips and Tips

35 miles walking through ancient Japanese history American naturalist John Muir sums up my feelings when hiking in the mountains: “We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.” My...
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Mark is a travel storyteller through words and film, a multiple award-winning radio presenter, and author. Having travelled extensively all his life, he is now an empty nester with the time and freedom to explore even more. His travel pieces and videos from Japan to Australia, Singapore to the Swiss Alps will inspire you to follow in his footsteps. He hosted the BBC Radio Gloucestershire Breakfast Show for nearly two decades, has presented several “West Country” travel series for BBC Points West TV and writes a monthly column for Cotswold Life. His book “Glorious Gloucestershire” has been reprinted several times and was voted “Book of the Year” by Waterstones in Gloucester. His next book More Adventures in Glorious Gloucestershire will be published in September.

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