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Initially, Kirstenbosch concerts were free. At the Botanical Society’s suggestion, a silver collection’ was introduced in the second season. As the concerts’ popularity rapidly grew, the cost of hosting …
Descending out of the village, I cross a quiet country lane and climb, riding a high wave for four miles before it spills me out on the road again …
I passed ten miles, then fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and pushed on for my thirty. At 7pm, after thirty-one miles I looked around for flat spots suitable for camping. Arresting …
By five in the afernoon we were at Georgetown, the capital of Penang Island. The bridge crossing had been a breeze and I marvelled at the engineering feat that …
In 1994, the remains of an 800,000-year-old European were found here. In 2007, archaeologists uncovered a 1.2-million-year-old jawbone, thought to belong to the oldest hominid in Europe, an ancestor …
The first day is strenuous. El Camino spirals up from St Jean along a route chosen by Napoleon and his troops as they entered Spain. It is now known …
I changed into suitable working gear in case there were casualties and went up to the bridge to watch proceedings. The atmosphere was tense. I stood in a corner …
Finishing the last of the Sisters I ease down gently to Birling Gap for more tea and a slice of carrot cake. Every year the sea pounds the cliffs; …