For those wine buffs of you out there, you might want to consider experiencing vino paradise by riding horseback though the vineyards and forests of the Loire Valley.
Picnics and pleasant stop offs at aged Chateau’s will get your gastronomic juices fully flowing. Maximum time in the saddle is three hours so no sore bottoms!
You start and finish at the Chateau de Chambord with the round trip taking around a week. The itinary includes hands on cooking classes and wine tasting so no shortage of fodder for you or horse.
Equitour offer a 3 night Gourmet tour of the Loire for £775 which includes meals, cookery tuition, chateau tours and luggage transfers. International rail has returns from London to Blois, near Chateau Chambord from £87 ($180).
I am a big fan of actually getting to grips with the food we eat. Just unwrapping the packaging on a piece of steak or fish and dropping it into the frying pan is all to easy. How many of us go squeamish at the thought of killing and gutting a fish but are perfectly happy to gobble down a Dover Sole without a second thought?
Well, there’s nothing to stop any of us popping to a coastal spot, river or lake and catching your dinner. However, most of us will want some guidance and that’s where River Cottage Catch and Cook days might be of help.
Based on the southern coast of Great Britain the Catch and Cook day talks you through the rudiments of angling, hands on cooking and filleting followed by a full on piscatorial feast.
The River Cottage web site says:
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Going on an action packed holiday has almost always meant leaving the camera equipment back at home. However, an array of new gizmos and gadgets are coming onto the market that will record your every move.
The Digital Hero is heralded as the “ultimate waterproof camera” water resistant to 30 metres.
The 3 megapixel camera takes still and video images with a built in 16mb internal memory card which is expandable to a 2Gb SD Card.
As a waterproof video camera, it has the ability to shoot 54 minutes of colour TV resolution video with sound.
The Digital Hero is light and attachable to your wrist, kayak paddles, handlebars or rollbars.
Features of the GoPro Digital Hero Camera are summarised as follows:
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Capturing all the best bits of an adventure holiday can be very tricky. You need a camcorder that is highly portable, durable and able to record fast moving imagery.
The Oregon Scientific Head Camera has these attributes in bucket loads.
Perfect for attachment to bike handlebars or helmet.
Features include:
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We looked at some of the highlights of Turkey here.
In this context I was interested to note that you can now enjoy what’s called the “Life Craft Experience” - a life coaching holiday offered aboard a traditional Turkish Gulet or sailing boat.
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