Julian Worker Travel – A few ideas for your next trip in every direction

For 50 years, the Cumbrian services on the M6 – now featured in a TV documentary – has been a lifeline for local producers and farmers

Quiet islands and beaches for a post-lockdown escape

An upgraded former YHA hostel is the perfect base for cycling, swimming and scrambling in Sir Edmund Hillary’s footsteps

Birds, animals and the waves provide the soundtrack at readers’ favourite quiet, unhurried coastal spots

Few places say ‘escape’ like a rugged Scottish isle. All of these beauties have an atmospheric place to stay.

Seaside strolls are all the better for a classic, characterful pier or the views and attractions of a waterside prom

These hotels, resorts, guesthouses and B&Bs in Athens, Crete, Rhodes, Santorini and more will make for a happy return to holidays

The authors of new book Hidden Beaches Spain pick five stunning spots offering safe bathing for kids and five with panoramic paths

I have written seven books about the history of places I have travelled to. If you are interested in history and / or travel then you should check out these books. I travel because my own father always said he would travel after he’d retired, but he never got the chance because he died from cancer when he was 49. I travel for him when I go to places as well as for myself.

These books are travelogues rather than travel guides and so cover only the places I visited, because I don’t feel I can write about places I haven’t been to.

Poland and the Baltics

This is a short travelogue for independent travellers to Poland and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

In particular, this travelogue covers the Polish cities of Gdansk, Wroclaw, Poznan, and Torun and describes the history and the sights that can be seen there.

When visiting Gdansk, Poznan, and Wroclaw it’s difficult to believe that these cities were largely destroyed during WWII by both sides in turn.

I describe the sights that can be seen in Lithuania including the unique places called the Grutas Park with its collection of Communist statues and the Hill of Crosses with its millions of religious symbols.

I also visited Tallinn in Estonia as well as Riga and the Rundale Palace in Latvia.

Sands, seas and glorious scenery … plus ideas for the perfect bolthole near the coast