This Is Local London | Holiday Reports

A taste of the high life

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:20:00 +0100

If the stuffy London air and the overcrowded, sweltering Tube journey is getting to you, the perfect place to escape to is Austria’s Tyrol province.

Seventh heaven - whether you like golf or not

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:56:29 +0100

Golfers know that their love of the game can become an obsession, filling their leisure time 52 weeks of the year – and if that can mean a golfing holiday too, so much the better.

Highs and lows of Haven

Fri, 06 May 2011 12:00:00 +0100

RICHARD FIRTH took his wife Julie and children Isla, aged five, and Charlie, three, to Haven’s Church Farm holiday park, just outside Chichester.

A Missive from the Americas - part eight

Thu, 05 May 2011 16:04:59 +0100

"Starten, Sandra!!", is the deafening cry from captain Georg as his boat Coolrunning II bobs helplessly on the open sea north of Colombia.

A Missive from the Americas - part seven

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:50:00 +0100

I thought number 93 from Putney to North Cheam was unpredictable, but it turns out Panamanian buses have the same problem.

A Missive from the Americas - part six

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:40:00 +0100

This trip was always going to contain a number of firsts, but my first sunburnt scalp wasn't one I had anticipated.

Spring fashion fix

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:04:01 +0100

A two day fashion event is being held at Centrale Shopping Centre, Croydon, on Good Friday, April 22 and Easter Saturday, April 23.

A Missive from the Americas - part five

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0100

Three and a half weeks, 2,500 miles and four hotels and - more importantly - five of the best ski resorts in the world.

A Missive from the Americas - part four

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:28:42 +0100

How did this happen, again?