2009 January | Travel and Holiday News & Reviews

Restaurant recommendation of the week.

Posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Great Seafood in a Great City –

Sixty years of Zlatni rat

Posted on Friday, January 30th, 2009

In October of last year, hotel company Zlatni rat – whose headquarters are in Bol on Brac – celebrated six decades of successful operation. Zlatni rat, which got its name by the same name world famous Bol beach, is among the most successful Croatian tourist companies.

Founded on October 17, 1948, Zlatni rat started with only [...]

Half term credit crunch breaks in Kent

Posted on Friday, January 30th, 2009

British holidaymakers can blow away the winter’s credit crunch blues and head for Kent, as the Garden of England prepares for the spring season.

Allenheads in the North Pennines

Posted on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

The region around Allendale heading out towards Allenheads then across to Blanchland totally lives up to it’s name of “Englands Last Wilderness”. The roads are quiet and the fells and moorland stretch as far as the eye can see, dotted occasionally by the hardiest of sheep, The Swaledales’. In winter their thick fleeces help protect them from the icy winds. Then as Easter approaches the ewes can been seen mothering their lambs as you drive along the normally unfenced roads. Look out for the signs warning “Lambs On Road”. They haven’t quite mastered the highway code. In their minds sheep rule ok!

The landscape bears the marks of a once thriving lead mining community.

The Killhope Wheel and the Nenthead Mining Museum are

both dedicated to the lead mining history –

well worth a visit.

As you drive through the tiny hamlet of Allenheads take half an hour to stop off at The Hemmel Cafe. A friend of ours has just taken it over and her quiches, scones and cakes are to die for! Or try a bowl of warming soup and a bread roll. Nearly everything on the menu is home baked, so forget about those calories for once. Just ask for Christine. There is also a Heritage Museum just around the corner from the cafe.

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