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Sark: Britain’s Lost Channel Island

Sark: Britain’s Lost Channel Island

by Richard Collett | Oct 14, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, United Kingdom

‘Welcome to Sark’- the sign read as I climbed the harbour steps onto the island. With rain lashing down, I ran through a short tunnel carved through the rock of the cliff- the only entrance to the island- and on the other side found a farming tractor,...
Snow and Ice: From Hofn to Myvatn

Snow and Ice: From Hofn to Myvatn

by Richard Collett | Sep 29, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, Iceland

It was a day as cold as any as I strolled out onto the porch of the guesthouse. Vatnajökull- the largest glacier in Europe- imposed its vast frozen presence on the horizon, as a grey mist began to engulf everything in the distance in a hazy,...
Surviving an Icelandic Road Trip

Surviving an Icelandic Road Trip

by Richard Collett | Sep 8, 2015 | Iceland, SURVIVAL GUIDES

Travel Tramp’s Survival series hits the road to bring you the very worst advice for Surviving an Icelandic Road Trip. Read on and maybe, just maybe, you won’t find your expensive rental car teetering over the edge of an erupting volcano.  This...
Reading 2 Reading- The Cycling Couple Taking on the World

Reading 2 Reading- The Cycling Couple Taking on the World

by Richard Collett | Sep 1, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, United Kingdom

In May 2015 Tim Millikin and Finola Hensman pedaled their bikes through the Berkshire city of Reading and onto the roads beyond, leaving their homes in the dust behind them to take on the nomadic life of the long distance cyclist. These were the...
Whale Watching on the Edge of the Arctic

Whale Watching on the Edge of the Arctic

by Richard Collett | Aug 18, 2015 | FROM THE ROAD, Iceland

‘Don’t throw up your breakfast’, our energetic guide exclaimed to the assembled ocean-goers on the deck of the boat as it pushed off from the harbour- ‘and remember, the toilets ARE NOT for sea sick people’. We were a mere 25 miles...
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