It’s 11.30am at Diyarbakir train station. Women in big sunglasses and headscarves pose for photos under retro clocks bearing the logo of the Turkish state railways network, the TCDD. A young man with a slight beard lies on a bench, his heart-shaped balloon tied to a string waving in the wind, easing today’s scorching 38C… Read More »
I expected many things from Bijal, Turkey’s newest, most exclusive luxury resort, but not one of them was choral singing late into the evening. And yet, on my first night, as I walked back from the palm-fringed terrace of the quiet Beach House restaurant, a cacophony of squeals, chirps and twitters rose from the narrow… Read More »
Our wedding turned out to be much more expensive than we had anticipated. Weddings certainly are very expensive. Who knew? I’m not saying we deserve sympathy, though. A harpist, for example, is not essential. In the months leading up to the big day, a quick money-making plan had to be devised. “How about listing our… Read More »
Forest fires have broken out on the Greek islands of Zakynthos, Chios, Crete and Kos, as authorities warned that this summer could be particularly “dangerous” following a prolonged drought. In the Metohi region of western Chios, tourists received phone alerts on Monday to evacuate because of a nearby forest fire. On Kos, residents and tourists… Read More »
Southern Europe has been grappling with unseasonably warm weather in recent weeks, with droughts in Italy and Spain, forest fires in Cyprus and the closure of the Acropolis in Athens due to unsafe temperatures. Many Telegraph readers have commented on articles about climate change in the Mediterranean. Some say the climate is changing, but question… Read More »
If you ask a child to design a place with empty landscapes, vast skies, hills and rivers, with pretty villages and an extinct volcano thrown in for good measure, the result is something very much like Northumberland National Park. Of the 13 national parks in England and Wales, Northumberland is the most northerly, most remote… Read More »
I’m swaying in the wind, some 100 metres up. Below me are lush pastures and densely forested slopes; the only sound is the cheerful screech of the cable car behind me. The landscape is almost Alpine. But there are no cowbells or towering peaks. Instead, I see a treetop view of cramped rows of cobblestone… Read More »
Joss Naylor, who has died aged 88, was a Lakeland sheep farmer who overcame childhood injuries to become the “King of the Fells” – one of the greatest mountain runners of all time. In a running career spanning 40 years, Naylor won numerous races and broke many records running in the Lake District mountains. His… Read More »