Posted on June 03, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Thanks to everyone who entered our recent Ultimate Drive travel writing competition.  We received a huge response and really enjoyed reading about your holiday adventures. Admittedly it was a difficult task selecting the best entries (you are a talented bunch!) but after much to-ing and fro-ing we did manage to whittle down the entries to three overall winners.  Each will receive [...]

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt?  See the US of A in a whole different light with our ‘road less travelled’ recommendations.

The Tamiani Trail

If you’ve got a couple of days to spare, the 275-mile Tamiani Trail is definitely worth your while.  Stretching from Tampa to Miami, Route 41 cuts straight through the heart of [...]

Posted on January 07, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

“Recession”, “credit crunch”, “economic doom and gloom”, it’s only January and already we’re bored of these buzz words.  We guess you’re pretty much the same so we thought we’d lighten the mood with a travel tale courtesy of Tourism Review:
“Two tourists were on the trip of a lifetime, driving through Wisconsin in their rental car.  As they approached Oconomowoc [...]

Posted on September 26, 2008 by enavarro

It was our final day in Canada.  We were back in Montreal. It sounds clichéd but time had flown! We were sorry to leave.  Before we hit the road though, we had a dinner date with the two Isabelles.  We first met the two Isabelles in Dublin when they were travelling Europe a year ago.  [...]

Posted on September 25, 2008 by enavarro

After the drama of Niagara, by the way did you see my great photograph?  (You never know, I may make it as a travel photographer some day!), we were on our way to Ontario’s Alonquin National Park, home to native wildlife such as wolves, black bears and moose.  If we had more time on our trip, we [...]

Posted on September 24, 2008 by enavarro

It was a 9-hour drive back to Ontario.  Nine hours on the road!  At least there were two of us so we were able to switch places halfway through.  We arrived in Ontario at 2pm local time. This would be the final leg of our trip, we only had three days left before we had [...]