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Castles, Countryside: Touring Hungary at Your Own Pace

Hungary is a land of contrasts. The busy capital, Budapest, never sleeps, while just beyond the city limits lie rolling hills, quiet villages, and timeworn castles that seem untouched by the modern age. For travelers seeking a journey off the beaten path, Hungary offers the perfect combination of culture, history, and nature, all best discovered at your own pace.

Start with the Majestic Capital: Budapest

Every great Hungarian adventure begins in Budapest. With the Danube River dividing Buda and Pest, the city offers stunning sights, including the grand Parliament building, the...

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SeaDream Yacht Club.. it's like your own personal yacht with friends .. says David Powell

I recently joined SeaDream II for a voyage along the French Riviera calling at beautiful and iconic ports like, Antibes, Cannes and Monte Carlo. As SeaDream point out ‘this is yachting, not cruising’, and I agree, this is so different from big ship cruising. Being on this super yacht with a maximum of just 110 guests and a crew of 95 to look after you, cannot be confused with regular cruising. There’s no queue at the breakfast buffet, no waiting for a table at lunch ... come to think of it ... there’s no queues, crowds or waiting at all! Life on this ship is as active, casual or as...

Safety campaign launched at Exeter Airport

A campaign has been launched to reduce anti social driving and the number of young people killed or seriously injured on the roads.

Representatives from Devon County Council’s Safe and Sustainable Travel Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Teignbridge District Council and Exeter Airport launched the 'The Honest Truth' road safety campaign at Exeter Airport.

The idea of the campaign is to raise awareness of the dangers of drink-driving and fatigue to airport passengers arriving at Exeter before beginning their onward journey home...

£40,000 investment opens up Coast Path to thousands of wheelchair and pushchair users in time for Christmas

Authored by Newshound
Posted: Tue, 11/26/2013 - 10:10am

The completion of seven coastal access schemes along parts of the South West Coast Path, and the addition of 40 extra walks on its website means that now, for the first time, thousands of people with limited mobility and those with young children in pushchairs are able to enjoy stretches of the breathtaking National Trail that were once impassable.

Newly accessible walks include parts of Padstow where a £24,000 project to improve the surface and widen the path in Stile Field, which both Cornwall Council and Padstow Town Council helped to fund, now means that as well as enjoying the...

Wales - on the edge of Snowdonia National Park...

In a really rural location in North Wales but not too far from the main A5 is Tyddyn LLan which is in the small village of Llandrillo This is one of Wales’ most renowned restaurants set on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park in a beautiful location

THIS RESTAURANT HAS LUXURIOUS ROOMS A great way to experience excellent food in elegant surroundings ... There’s 12 luxurious bedrooms and a ground floor garden suite. I had one of the first floor, large en-suite rooms with a wonderful view across the garden. There’s 3 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens which you can walk around,...

Free parking in Mid Devon

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 11/19/2013 - 11:49am

Take advantage of free parking on the five Saturdays running up to Christmas.

Mid Devon District Council is giving free car parking at selected car parks in Tiverton, Cullompton and Crediton on the five Saturdays before Christmas.

The locations are the long–stay car parks at:

• Tiverton – Multi-storey, Phoenix Lane • Cullompton – Station Road • Crediton – St Saviours Way, High Street

The dates of the free parking are:

• Saturday 23 November • Saturday 30 November • Saturday 7 December • Saturday 14 December • Saturday 21 December

The UK is...

South Dartmoor students perform soundtrack for new Dartmoor film

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/11/2013 - 3:17pm

Three Devon students have recorded a unique piece of music to accompany a new film about Dartmoor National Park.

The collaboration for this original work was between National Park Authority member of staff Sarah Oxton, South Dartmoor Community College students and Head of Music at South Dartmoor, Rachel Lewis.

The composition, conducted by Rachel Lewis, features Howard Ellacott (17) from Buckfastleigh, on flute, Stan Carrodus (17) from Ashburton, on piano and Esther Beyer (16) from Liverton, on the harp.

The piece was recorded at The Music Mill in Newton Abbot....

Seaside resorts benefit from free Sunday parking

Teignmouth and Dawlish have joined the rest of Teignbridge car parks in being free on Sundays.

Teignbridge-owned car parks in the two seaside resorts have re-joined the successful scheme which sees all 35 of the council's car parks free of any charges on a Sunday.

The free parking scheme is aimed at boosting local trade and cutting costs to motorists.

Sundays are free of charge throughout the year for all urban and rural parts of the district. Charges apply through the summer months in Teignmouth and Dawlish.

Now the peak season is over, the two resorts have...

Exeter Airport passenger numbers exceed expectations this summer

Exeter Airport can reflect on a busy summer of 2013 where passenger numbers from May until October exceeded expectations and were over forty thousand up on the same period in 2012. The overall inbound and outbound passengers for the five months totalled 415,618, an increase of 11%. Managing Director Matt Roach said: “New flights this year to Barcelona and Nice together with nine other scheduled international routes operated by Flybe, accounted for a 19% increase of that passenger traffic and were the main reason for the successful period. There has also been a growing awareness of the...

First Great Western cleaners in second walkout over pay

Cleaners on First Great Western (FGW) trains are embarking on their second 24-hour strike today (Friday 25 October) over pay and contracts.

Members of the RMT union working for sub-contractors MITIE on First Great Western are walking out in a dispute over a 2% pay offer and zero hours contracts.

In a statement, the union described the action as a "fight for a living wage and workplace justice as it emerged that the company chief presiding over the culture of low pay and zero hours contracts has raked in £1.37 million."

The strike began at 6am on Friday and will end...

Seven new courts now open at Highbullen Hotel as half term approaches

Authored by SophyNorris
Posted: Mon, 10/14/2013 - 3:09pm

Swing into action this half term at Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club in Umberleigh, as it offers special half term coaching for kids across seven fresh new courts – and a host of facilities to keep parents busy as action-packed (or food-filled) as they like!

Known for its extensive sporting facilities including an 18-hole USGA specification golf course, croquet, snooker, fishing, shooting and – for extra autumnal comfort - an indoor swimming pool with Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room; the hotel now offers seven competition quality courts. Consisting of four full-size and three...

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