Verín is a small and quiet city in Galicia, to the northwest of Spain, surrounded by the Monterrei wine region, but with diminishing agricultural importance. The only real reason to come here is to visit the imposing Castillo de Monterrei that looms over the city like an ever watchful, ageing guardian. Once upon a time, this ...
While 24 hours is never truly enough time in any city or place, if it's all you've got, you just need to make the most of it! Everyone will have a different opinion on what to do with each precious hour, so this obviously isn't the ultimate list - it's just my list! Whatever you ...
Vienna is a wedding cake town: white fondant icing stones dress each building, piped with embellishments and swirls in silvery greys. In such a beautifully elegant and regal land, it should come as no surprise when you stumble upon fifty snowy horses prancing across marble pavements and dancing into the winter palace - their home ...
The vast plains and craggy mountains of Spain are scattered with tiny villages. Some are totally abandoned, others are still home to a few widows, veiled in black and toothless wrinkled men, who patiently wait for the weekends when their children and grandchildren bring them company and much needed supplies from the big cities. Whenever we ...
(All photos by Caspian Productions) The Caspian Horse is thought to be one of the oldest horse breeds in the world, dating as far back as 3400 B.C.E. as remains of a horse were found in a cemetery at an archeological site in Northern Iran. The horse was described as 'having a light frame, thin bones, ...
Anyone who knows me will know that I love both horse-riding and travelling with a fierce, almost obsessive passion. I always try to find local breeds of horses when I travel so I can see these new and exciting lands from the back of a horse - it adds an extra special dimension to my holiday! ...
I spent far too little time in this incredibly relaxed and varied city, filled with faerytales, dripping with style, and packed to the brim with delicious food! Nevertheless I'll try to give you a round up of what I felt were the top 10 things to see and do: 1. Torvehallerne Food Market Copenhagen is an expensive ...
29 August – 27 September 2015 at Copenhagen Rundetårn Though I'm not personally a fashionista (I would happily spend the rest of my life alternating between a summery white cotton dress or jodphurs & cowboy boots) this exhibition would stun anyone. This is the first showing of one of Denmark's most famous designers - Roy Krejberg - in Denmark (he was previously ...
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows... If you drive North out of the elegant streets of Madrid, past the golden fields and gnarled olive trees until you reach the winding mountains roads, make sure to wind down your windows so you can smell the scent of the sweet, wild thyme drying under the ...
Spain is a land of contrasts and surprises. I grew up in the scorched yellow plains of the central meseta, where only Holme Oaks and gnarled old olive trees grow under the relentless sun. Far away in the North Western corner lies Spain's secret garden - Galicia. The craggy rocks of the Atlantic shoreline are flecked ...
Tumbleweeding through life. Listening to stories, writing tales and chasing after horses.
'I could tell you my adventures - beginning with this morning, but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then' - Alice (Lewis Carroll)
Top 10 things to do in Copenhagen
Lake Ohrid - Macedonia
Australian Wildlife
Sailing the Inner Passage of Alaska
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Appleby Horse Fair
