Holidays with a difference

At this time of year,. the summer holiday in the sun you enjoyed only last month can seem like a lifetime ago. Already, you want to start planning your next one, but what do you have in mind? If you fancy a bit of a change from the fortnight on the beach, the long weekend city break or the all-inclusive kids’ resort, why not consider something a little bit different. Here are five suggestions to consider for 2014.

Autumn adventures: why now is the perfect time to discover the UK

Summer is over, and with it the prospect of relaxing holidays, exciting adventures and thrilling discoveries of new places and pastimes vanishes over the horizon.Or does it? Just because the sun is no longer at its hottest, it doesn’t mean that we cannot enjoy some time away from it all in a beautiful location – and we don’t even have to travel all that far to achieve it either.

How to take great holiday photos

You’ve had a great holiday. Eaten too much. Spent too much. Enjoyed the sun and discovered some great sights. Now you’re home and you want to relive the memories. One of the best ways to do this is by looking back over the photographs you took during your travels. Yet it can be soul-destroying for everyone concerned to have to leaf through hundreds of identical shots of the same building, or squint at over-exposed pictures of the family …