Inspiring Travel Writing from Simon Heptinstall: Page 3 of 4
Articles by Simon Heptinstall: Page 3 of 4
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Trouble in Paradise
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Simon Heptinstall
Holidays and travelling have a way of going horribly, horribly wrong. These travel tragedies sometimes seem like cartoon accidents, but there’s nothing funny about the disasters they can cause. The tragic death of Karen Gibbs, 45, from...
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Plovdiv
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Simon Heptinstall
The poor place sounds like a schoolboys’ insult dreamed up in playground somewhere in middle Europe. That’s why the current attempts to promote Bulgaria’s second city as a citybreak destination are doomed. Purely because of its name… Plovdiv. Would...
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Scilly Isles
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Simon Heptinstall
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United Kingdom
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Scilly Isles
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Bryher
“Unfortunately you’ve arrived in the middle of rush hour,” explained the minibus driver as we drove from the airport. “Oh no!” I panicked. “I’m in a hurry to get a boat from the harbour. Do your best please...” Ooops, too late I suddenly realised...
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Fort William
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Simon Heptinstall
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United Kingdom
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Scottish Highlands
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Fort William
The highest annual rainfall in Britain, the biggest supermarket in the Highlands, and a busy new bypass running along the historic waterfront... Fort William’s highlights don’t sound promising. There isn’t even a Fort. Nevertheless this wet and...
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My day as a room steward at Stourhead House
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Simon Heptinstall
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United Kingdom
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Cotswolds
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Wiltshire
The first visitors were waiting outside Stourhead House as the Collections Manager unbolted the huge Georgian front door. The specially-trained team of conservation cleaners had finished their morning rounds and, like me, the stewards were taking...
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Driving Across Rome - is it possible?
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Simon Heptinstall
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
They said that no outsider could drive right across Rome from one side to the other during the rush hour. They said that the Italian capital’s ancient road labyrinth, impassable traffic jams and maniacal drivers are simply too much for any foreigner...
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Liege...on the Trail of Maigret
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Simon Heptinstall
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Belgium
With his trademark trilby, raincoat and pipe, Inspector Maigret was the Morse of the sixties. Millions followed the exploits of the unflappable Parisian policeman on fuzzy black and white TVs. For the over 40s, his name still ranks alongside Holmes...
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North Somerset in the Footsteps of Coleridge
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Simon Heptinstall
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United Kingdom
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South West England
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Somerset
He was a long-haired scruffy rebel who dropped out of college, campaigned against war and took far too many drugs. He may have lived 200 years ago, but Samuel Taylor Coleridge was probably the world's first hippy. The eccentric young philosopher...
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Seeing New Zealand with Kiwi Dundee
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Simon Heptinstall
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New Zealand
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North Island
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Coromandel
We drove as far as the four-wheel drive truck would take us, then trekked on through the dank, dripping rainforest on foot. Along the floor of the gorge in New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsular exotic plants shone with slippery humidity, colourful...
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The Stirring Adventures of Bosun Heptinstall
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Simon Heptinstall
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United Kingdom
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South West England
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Hampshire
It wasn’t long before the skipper asked me to take the wheel. Proudly I stood at the helm and did my best to steer our yacht through the channel marked by bobbing green and red buoys. With the wind in my hair, the spray in my face and my cold hands...
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