Fox and badger - that's not the name of a village pub but the wildlife sightings during our first ten minutes on the Isle of Wight, and from the car window too! The famous red squirrels were a bit more elusive, but once we had seen one, we saw lots - and they weren't shy either! This has been what you might call a week of two halves. The first half was spent camping over on the East of the island where we were subjected to high winds, and were worried every ti...

The arctic terns were dive-bombing our heads because they had laid their eggs close to the boardwalks, but it didn't seem to bother the odd-looking eider ducks that had done exactly the same thing and just settled down in the long grass. It was amazing how close you could get to the birds here - guillemots, razorbills and shags were close enough to touch. Only the puffins kept their distance, but even they were close enough to observe as they waddled comically ...

I thought I had visited most of the UK, but felt a bit embarrassed when travellers from foreign lands would often recommend that I should visit Bath. So here I am for a city break with Helen to see what all the fuss is about. I'll say one thing - those travellers can't have been on the budget I was on. It's very expensive, even by English standards. But in for a penny, in for a pound; we made sure we didn't miss out on any of the must see sights, such as the A...