Travel

There’s something about the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula that feels wonderfully untouched. Rugged, remote and wildly beautiful — it’s the kind of place where you can properly exhale. Craig and I are always on the lookout for small, off-grid, cabin-style escapes with a serious wow factor — our kind of short break. Over the years we’ve found some absolute gems through Canopy Camping Escapes , and this particular stay was no exception. Finding “The One” We’d been bro

When you have a February birthday in the UK, you can almost guarantee one thing: it’ll either be freezing cold, wet and windy — or all three. So what do you do when you want to celebrate without spending a fortune, especially with teens and tweens in tow? Living in North Devon, we had that exact quandary. Ordinarily, I might choose somewhere a little further afield — perhaps the Eden Project or an aquarium adventure — but neither Craig nor I fancied a two-hour drive each way.

I didn’t expect my recent 30-hour layover in Bali  to become one of the most confronting environmental experiences of my life. Friends who live up in the far north of the island had warned us: “You won’t get the real Bali unless you head up here.”  Unfortunately, with such a short stay, Craig and I simply didn’t have the time. We agreed this would be our taster trip — and next time, we’d explore beyond the main tourist stretch. We stayed in a stunning hotel in Legian , just a