The Platinum Line

Category: Travel

  • Postcard from Lanzarote

    Postcard from Lanzarote

    The island of Lanzarote lies in the Atlantic Ocean just 125 kilometres off Africa’s Saharan coast and is the most easterly of the Canary Islands. It is volcanic on origin and famed for its dark sand. For Natalie’s weekend coffee share this week I am inviting you to join us in Lanzarote for some late…

  • How to keep you and your car on the road this winter

    How to keep you and your car on the road this winter

    Once you have had the freedom and even luxury of driving as well as owning a vehicle, you never want to go back to the way it was in the past. Driving affords you the ability to come and go as you choose and transport your belongings in addition to the people you love from…

  • Postcard from Verona in Italy

    Postcard from Verona in Italy

    I love travelling and I am lucky enough to have visited several countries in Europe. and beyond. We live near Bristol airport and are fortunate that airlines like Ryanair and Easy Jet offer cheap flights to a variety of European destinations. Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men go astray. We have wanted…

  • How seniors can avoid scams when travelling

    How seniors can avoid scams when travelling

    Getting the opportunity to travel is one of the greatest pleasures in life, especially when it comes to long-term travel. It gives you a chance to truly thrive, break away from normal life, and, most of all, experience a whole new culture. It is important to realise that even luxury travel can be risky and…

  • Essential Steps to prepare for long-term travel

    Essential Steps to prepare for long-term travel

    Going travelling for a long period of time can be both very exciting and quite frightening. If you have never done this before and you are thinking about doing it at some point in the near future, then you will need to be fully prepared for it before you actually go. There are many things…

  • Cruising down the Rhine part 1 Basel

    Cruising down the Rhine part 1 Basel

    This week I am inviting you to share a coffee with me in Basel, Switzerland’s third biggest city and home to its oldest university. For the last two years Covid stopped us travelling outside of the U.K. for pleasure. My husband Bill and I have been getting very itchy feet so when we saw an…

  • How to enjoy a walking holiday

    How to enjoy a walking holiday

    For many of us a daily walk became a way of life during lockdown and something we want to enjoy away from home as well as on our doorstep. I completed the Ring of Kerry in Ireland and the Romantic Road in Germany as virtual challenges during lockdown but I was eager to actually begin…