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Running a B&B in France turned me into Basil Fawlty

July 11, 2024 by lyka

Show business wasn’t meant to be like this; it wasn’t what I had in mind at all. I had driven four hours in a daze from a mediocre stand-up gig in Leeds to our small Victorian semi-detached house in Crawley. It was now three in the morning. I had been lucky to find a parking … Read more

10 of France’s best inns with restaurants

February 4, 2024 by lyka

Six European destinations you can reach from London in less than six hours by train

November 27, 2023 by lyka

Head to Strasbourg for the Christmas market – the oldest and largest in France: Getty Board the train at London St Pancras and later that day you could be sipping a Trappist beer in Belgium as you wander the grounds of a fairy tale castle, or cycling through the Loire Valley. All these experiences are … Read more