Sixteen days in the UK with three children, three bases and one leg by car. In episode 226 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy is joined by listener Carol from Michigan, who travelled with her husband Patrick and their children aged eleven, nine and seven in early September 2026. They spent four days in…
Done the British Museum and the V&A and wondering what else London has? In episode 225 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug Collins share ten smaller London museums they have visited themselves, from a ride on London’s old underground mail train to a Roman temple seven metres beneath the City, plus one…
If you’re staying in York, Leeds or the Yorkshire Dales without a car, the Settle to Carlisle railway is probably the train journey you keep reading about, with the Ribblehead Viaduct as the photo everyone shares. It’s a lot to work out from home. These are ordinary local trains with no seat reservations, some stations…
Is the Night Riviera Sleeper worth the money, and how do you book it without getting it wrong? It’s an easy train to get wrong, and Cornwall’s distance from London catches a lot of people out in our consults and in our Facebook group. There’s no train on a Saturday night, the cheapest fares can’t…
Taking the Edinburgh to Inverness train after a few days in the capital, on your way to Loch Ness, Culloden or Skye? It’s the easiest way north without a car, and the journey can be a day out in its own right. It’s also easy to get wrong. There are two routes, most trains are…
If you’re spending a few nights in Inverness without a car, the Kyle of Lochalsh line is probably on your list, as a day out or as your way to Skye. The catch is that there are only four trains a day, they’re usually just two carriages, and the buses on to Skye leave from…
Welcome to the third episode of our monthly bonus series from the UK Travel Planning Podcast, brought to you by our sister brand London Travel Planning. Each month we look ahead at what is happening in the capital, what is worth booking and what will sell out before you get there. This month it’s just…
A city where you can walk a Roman wall, shop in a medieval gallery and be in Wales twenty minutes later. In episode 224 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy is joined again by Briony Wilson from Mountain Goat, who spent ten years living in Chester and says it is her next favourite place…
Rain in the forecast for your London trip? In episode 223 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug talk about one of their favourite topics: the weather and specifically how much it really rains in London, what to pack, and twelve things to do when it is wet, from free museums and covered…
Can the Ten Lakes tour really show you ten of the Lake District’s lakes in a single day, without you driving the narrow lanes and mountain passes yourself? On Midsummer’s Day in June, Doug and I found out. We joined Mountain Goat’s Ten Lakes Spectacular tour from Windermere, a full day in a small minibus,…