How To Stay Safe When Solo Travelling
Have you ever given any thought to going on a trip by yourself? There are a lot of advantages to solo travelling, such as the absence of any obligations to…
UK Music Festival 2022 Guide
The UK music festival 2022 season is upon us and the weather is hotting up. Glastonbury aside, there are still plenty of tickets for everything listed below, so whether you…
4 Eco Things to Do in Tenerife
Mark Bibby Jackson discovers the varied eco things to do in Tenerife so long as you are prepared to venture away from the beaches and bars. Our Tenerife birdwatching guide…
Variety Cruises: Creating a Better World at Sea
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Filippos Venetopoulos, CEO of Climate Friendly Travel Registry member, Variety Cruises, which aims to set the standard for sustainable small cruises. When Filippos Venetopoulos took over the family business…
Putting Monmouthshire on the Gastronomic Map
Mal Tattersall visits Monmouthshire to discover the wonderful food, wine and mead on offer in this county sandwiched between Wales and England, as well as go on a forage. It’s…
A Seafood Symphony at Lympstone Manor Devon
James Clark visits Lympstone Manor Hotel to discover a veritable Babette’s feast in Devon courtesy of Michael Caines and a posse of international chefs. There has been a lot of…
15 Ways to Help Rewild England
Each June, the Wildlife Trust encourages the nation to reconnect with nature every day as part of its 30 Days Wild campaign. Rewilding is the practice of restoring landscapes and…
Taking the Slow Boat on The Thames Through History
Mark Bibby Jackson accepts the offer to take a boat on the Thames with Le Boat and ends up in a bit of an Eton Mess. It is on our…
In for a Dig at The Bloomsbury Hotel London
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise leave their Suffolk home for a night to experience The Bloomsbury Hotel London and the Sutton Hoo Helmet. It was but a stroll from The…
Gastronomic Delight on Menorca Holidays
Mark Bibby Jackson visits the Balearic island to savour the culinary side of the European Region of Gastronomy you can discover on your Menorca holidays. The road from Mahon Menorca…
All for Conservation: Borana Lodge, Kenya
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Michael Dyer, Managing Director of Borana Conservancy, member of the Climate Friendly Travel Registry, about its conservation work in Kenya, and plans for a sustainable…
David Remfry: Watercolour
Neil Hennessy-Vass takes a look at the new exhibition of David Remfry: Watercolour now showing at the Royal Watercolour Society in London. David Remfry is in his 80th year, I…
In Bruges Beer and Culture
Mark Bibby Jackson visits the medieval Flanders city to discover its rich culture and wonderful Bruges beer. The main reason for my trip to Bruges, Belgium was to visit the…
Street Photos of Jakarta Indonesia
Before the pandemic we took a walk through Jakarta’s bustling streets and captured these scenes of normal life in this crowded metropolis. Enjoy these street photos of Jakarta Indonesia. Fatahillah…
Cabaret London: A Night at the Kit Kat Club
Eileen Wise and Deborah Unger see the Cabaret musical at the Playhouse Theatre, and enter the vivid world of the Kit Kat Club. It’s not usual to be offered a…
5 Regenerating Things to Do in Sandwich, Kent
Mark Bibby Jackson discovers the rich and varied things to do in Sandwich from a boat ride along the River Stour to the cinque port’s rich history. It…
Sword and Sandals’ Experience in Historic Chester
Marion Ainge finds her Gladiator and delves into Chester’s Roman history. I like to bring back a souvenir from my travels. But I realise the Roman centurion, who shows me…
How to Learn to Sail around the World in a Week
Travel Begins at 40 editor Mark Bibby Jackson has a chat with Tim Geisler, CEO of Nautilus Sailing on how to learn to sail around the world. Born in Morocco…
Natural Renewal in Inverness Scotland
After completing his UK road trip from Oxford to Edinburgh, Mark Bibby Jackson continues north to Inverness Scotland in search not of a mythical monster but a very real approach…
Sustainable Mountain Tourism for All Seasons
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Al Judge, co-founder of AliKats Mountain Holidays Morzine, in the French Alps about how mountain tourism can be more sustainable. 1) How do you believe…
UK Road Trip from Oxford to the Oxford Bar
Mark Bibby Jackson goes on a UK road trip from Oxford to the Scottish capital along memory lane. I must admit to be slightly scared, or perhaps scarred, by Oxford…
Byway: The Slow Travel Future is Now
To mark Earth Day, Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Cat Jones, the Founder of Byway, the travel company that is firmly putting slow travel on the map. You opened Byway…
7 Great Beer Festivals in the UK, Belgium, Germany and the US
Travel Begins at 40 looks at seven great beer festivals in the UK, Belgium, Germany and the US. There is certainly no lack of beer festivals in the UK –…
Befriending Proud Margaret in Leuven Belgium
Mark Bibby Jackson goes on a tour of Leuven Belgium, a town with the oldest university in Belgium and the home of Stella, where he gets a glimpse of the…
