We love a good roadtrip and yesterday was no exception. Simplon is well known for the Venice-Simplon Express train ride, but did you know you can also drive this amazing mountain which links Switzerland to Italy? And that's just what we did. An amazing feat of engineering, most of the road, which goes from around 1000m up to 2005m, is built on stilts, complete with twists and turns and even tunnels to avoid avalanche debris (!). [caption id="attachment_1957" align="alignright" width="250"] Coming face to face with a Swiss army tank![/caption] What really surprised us is that, on reaching the summit, it...
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[caption id="attachment_1937" align="alignleft" width="250"] Clay pigeon shooting - what's in a name? Just what we were wondering...[/caption] The other day we were writing about our latest clay pigeon shooting venue in Wiltshire, when it suddenly struck us that although we know what clay pigeon shooting is, we don't really understand where the name came from or how the sport originated..so we got researching. It seems in the 18th century the sport was all about shooting at live pigeons released from a cage. Then things moved on to aiming at glass balls (which look suspiciously like baubles nicked from a Christmas...
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We've decided to have a March sale! The product team has been busy beavering away to put together a nice little set of special offers just for March that means you can get your hands on some seriously bargainous activity gift vouchers this spring, courtesy of Into the Blue. [caption id="attachment_1876" align="alignright" width="249"] Spend a day with Shire horses - on offer during March from Into the Blue[/caption] Just looking at the offers page now, we're liking the mix of products featured. Currently on a 2 for 1 deal (or BOGOF as we like to call it because it makes...
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[caption id="attachment_1868" align="alignright" width="250"] A cheeky shot of the new Virgin racing team testing their 2010 F1 car[/caption] The teams have been announced, the 2010 drivers and the cars have been presented to the media, the testing has been done and now it's time to put feet to the metal at the first Grand Prix meet of the 2010 Formula 1 season with the first race in Bahrain on the 14th March. Of course, our eyes will be firmly on the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team with Brits Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button joining hands (or should that be steering wheels)...
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[caption id="attachment_1860" align="alignleft" width="250"] Enjoy aerobatic manoeuvres in the French designed Robin 2160 light aircraft[/caption] Being fans of all things French, we pricked up our ears when we heard we had to write about our new aerobatics experience in Norfolk in the French built and designed Robin 2160i light aircraft. A good looking little plane, the low-wing aerobatics trainer is a recent evolution of the Robin H series plane, which was designed based on the original Jean Delemontez-designed Robin series by Christophe Heintz. The first prototype flew on the 19th July 1971. The first in the R2000 series flew on...
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