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Let's face it. A holiday in the Lake District isn’t exactly the easiest thing to sell to pre-adolescent children old enough to complain about the weather.Yes, there…

Standing next to a 40ft drop, I prepare to abseil for the first time ever. Any second now... Ten minutes later, I'm still preparing to abseil for the first time ever.…

It was as Kathy Lette yodelled for the 48th time that I killed her. That is what a summer holiday in Switzerland does to you. I blame the combination of goats,…

Hop aboard for a value family break in Croatia: Island-hopping in a chartered yacht is fun and surprisingly affordableThe Daily Mail's Robert Harman…

Laughter is the best medicine - but it won't work off any calories: Weather forecaster Lucy Verasamy locates her inner goddess on a spa detox weekend in sunny Portugal…

Now that I've now reached the great age of 90 (wow!), I thought it would be a good time to look back on all the amazing travel adventures I have been lucky enough to…

My children scramble over the last boulder and we are there. They whoop with celebration; I gasp with exhaustion. We've just walked up the tallest mountain in England.…

When it comes to rivers, there are two types of people,’ says Ipswich local Gary Richens. ‘Those who like them thriving and useful and those who like them empty. I…

It was the winter before lockdown and looking back, we made the most of it. Over half-term, my wife, three children and I flew to Geneva. A taxi company with the novel…

There can be few better holiday moments than the sight of one’s children screaming in terror as explosions light the air all around, followed by an evacuation sequence…