Travel photos and journals from across Asia [1997-2025]
Another foray into the Peak District took us to Stanage Edge, a gritstone escarpment near the village of Hathersage and mecca for local climbers. Wondering why the car park was empty, we headed through the Stanage Plantation and up to the rock face to be greeted with some house sized boulders and a climb to…
It was time to get out into the wilderness and take some hikes across the rolling hills of the Peak District. Just 20 miles from Manchester central the sprawling uplands offer an opportunity to get back to nature and take in some stunning vistas across farmlands, moors, villages and outcrops. This particular walk took us…
Just 7 miles from Folkestone, Dover has plenty to see for those on the tourist trail. Walking across the top of the white cliffs is something I’d always wanted to do, the hike to the lighthouse took about an hour and offered some spectacular vantage points on the cliff edge. A second trip to Dover…
It was time to get back down to the coast to Folkestone where we would be based for a couple of weeks. We spent the time exploring the town, and taking a trip on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway which ended up in a bleak and windswept Dungeness; it satisfied the inner trainspotter in…