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Struth! Summit Drive a Smashing Success
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis tells how a group of adventurers got to the top of Europe’s highest mountain, Mt Elbrus in Russia, the hard way – by a LandRover that they drove, winched, pushed and cajoled to the top that’s 5642m […]
Struth! Summit Drive a Smashing Success
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis tells how a group of adventurers got to the top of Europe’s highest mountain, Mt Elbrus in Russia, the hard way – by a LandRover that they drove, winched, pushed and cajoled to the top that’s 5642m […]
STRUTH! Mexico’s tunnel of love
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says you’ll never be troubled by gawking invaders when you stay at the Capella Pedregal resort outside Mexico’s Cabo San Lucas: the only way you can get into this beachside haven is by a private […]
STRUTH! Mexico’s tunnel of love
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says you’ll never be troubled by gawking invaders when you stay at the Capella Pedregal resort outside Mexico’s Cabo San Lucas: the only way you can get into this beachside haven is by a private […]
Struth – Check in for an immaculate reception
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the Travelodge chain’s 480 hotels in the UK are offering a free night’s accommodation between Christmas Eve and the Twelfth Night (January 5th) for married couples who can prove that their first names are Mary and […]
Struth – Check in for an immaculate reception
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the Travelodge chain’s 480 hotels in the UK are offering a free night’s accommodation between Christmas Eve and the Twelfth Night (January 5th) for married couples who can prove that their first names are Mary and […]
Struth! Small guy with a big thirst
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that one of the most-photographed statues in Germany’s famous Heidelburg Castle is not that of any celebrated member of the nobility, but of an Italian dwarf with a drink problem. Officially born Pankert Clemens in Italy’s […]
Struth! Small guy with a big thirst
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that one of the most-photographed statues in Germany’s famous Heidelburg Castle is not that of any celebrated member of the nobility, but of an Italian dwarf with a drink problem. Officially born Pankert Clemens in Italy’s […]
STRUTH! Oktoberfest Carnage
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that if you thought patrons at this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich were pretty good at tossing down the amber stuff, they were anything than remiss when it came to getting stuck into the tucker as well. […]
Struth! Jersey cops by the dozen
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in the English Channel has a population of 95,000 – and an amazing thirteen police forces. It’s because of a custom that goes back to the 13th century when the […]
