Travel Blog

La Posada, Winslow, El Malpais, the Blue Hole and more: our list of Route 66 places to come back for.

Storms in Las Vegas, sunshine in Albuquerque and torrential rain in Texas: how we dressed for October on the road.

Heavy rain changed our plans in Amarillo, Texas, but we still found space shuttles, brilliant barbecue and a speakeasy.

A miraculous staircase, a flight of chocolate elixirs, Frito pie and a woven basket from a trading post on the Turquoise Trail.

Ten days on the Mother Road across Arizona, New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, town by town.

A storm-soaked drive into the Mojave, a Reuben sandwich in Shoshone and the closed road to China Ranch Date Farm.

One day, three states' worth of scenery: a donkey sanctuary in Mesquite, real dinosaur footprints in St. George and Brigham Young's winter home.

We barely touched a slot machine. Instead, five days in Las Vegas meant the Wizard of Oz at Sphere, Donny Osmond, the Rat Pack, the Titanic and Red Rock Canyon.

Eleven independent cafés, four states and one very serious search for the best pour over and hot chocolate between Las Vegas and Amarillo.

We started in Halstead — a proper Essex market town — then took the lanes to Coggeshall. Both worth it; Halstead had the edge.

Nottingham was new to me — lively independent coffee, the castle on Castle Rock, England’s oldest inn carved into the cliff, and a lively justice museum.

Marvellous Arico - a hidden gem

Savile Town Wharf on the Calder and Hebble Navigation — Dewsbury's working canal basin that feels like a proper hidden gem.