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Estonian Song and Dance Celebration

Estonian Song and Dance Celebration

There are few nations in the world for which song holds a greater cultural status than Estonia. The bloodless, so-called Singing Revolution in the late 1980s was a defiant national…

5 Great Dunmow Pubs

5 Great Dunmow Pubs

The Hairy Traveller guides you through five Great Dunmow pubs – the Angel and Harp pub Dunmow, The Boars Head, Saracens Head, The Chequers and the Queen Victoria…

Hairy Traveller Launch

Hairy Traveller Launch

Watch Travel Begins at 40 founder and editor Mark Bibby Jackson as he announces the YouTube channel Hairy Traveller launch. This complements the Travel Begins at 40 website…

The Heart of Portugal: Part 2

The Heart of Portugal: Part 2

Coimbra is the perfect launch point for the next part of my voyage. Accompanied by my brilliant guides Rafaela and Liliana of Portugal Green Travel, we set off on the…

The Heart of Portugal: Part 1

The Heart of Portugal: Part 1

Nature, history, food and wine: the Centre of Portugal has it all, as Judith Schrut discovers on her visit to Portugal’s green and gorgeous heart. At this time of year…