David Wickers

Travel expert David predicts the 10 best long-haul holiday destinations most likely to be in big demand this summer (so be sure to book your 2015 holiday early!)

The anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill will be marked by a nationwide programme of events in 2015. Here’s how you can get involved and celebrate the life of one of Britain’s most iconic figures from the last century: 1. Ancestral grandeur at Blenheim At Blenheim Palace, visit the room in which he was born in November 1874, the romantic gardens in which he proposed to Clementine and pore over his letters and family photographs in a special exhibition. 2. At home with the family at…

2015 marks 200 years since the opening of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Today’s holidaymakers can explore this beautiful historic, 29-mile waterway by canal boat, starting at Drifters’ Worcester base, travelling through the green hills of Worcestershire and reaching city centre moorings in Birmingham’s Gas Street Basin. En route you’ll pass beneath the busy M5 motorway (an interesting contrast to the relaxing 4mph canal boat pace), through several tunnels including Wasthill, the longest at…

Slovenia is no bigger than Wales, with just a 30-mile stretch of coast, but is one of the rising stars of tourism on the Med. To see the country and get to know some of its best regions, go to these four areas: 1 - Bled for swimming and rowing on the lake, and great walks. 2 - The pretty medieval coastal town of Piran. 3 - The beautiful capital of Ljubljana. 4 - The beautiful Soca Valley for rivers, watersports and Kobarid, with its First World War and Farewell To Arms connections (nearby Logar…

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Singles holidays are on the rise, with the biggest surge in demand from the over 50s traveller, according to 101 Singles Holidays. The site has 101 suggestions for solo travellers selected by the award-winning travel writer, Cathy Winston. ‘Travelling solo has lost much of the lonely hearts stigma it once carried,’ maintains Winston. ‘Nor is everyone holidaying alone single, with more women leaving husbands and partners at home as they tick items off their bucket lists.’ The most popular destina…

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