Richard and Jackie

Follow in the footsteps of Richard and Jackie on the fortnight that stole their hearts: fourteen nights from the cliffs of Bonifacio over the Bavella pass to Corte, then the west coast road to Porto and the red rocks of Piana.

Corsica: Bonifacio, the Bavella Needles and the West Coast Road

Le Havre

Follow in the footsteps of Richard and Jackie on their run down through France: eleven nights from the Normandy beaches through the Loire châteaux and the Lot gorges to a swim in the Calanques, mostly on aires.

Le Havre to Toulon: Normandy, the Loire and the Calanques

Seven nights through Picardy and Artois following ground fought over in 1346, 1415 and 1914–1918, from Abbeville and Crécy by way of Azincourt and Arras to the Somme and Cambrai.

The Western Front: Crécy, Azincourt and the Somme

Six nights in one small valley that holds five thousand years: the passage tombs at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, the kingship at Tara, the first Cistercians at Mellifont, and the battlefield of 1690.

Ancient Ireland: The Boyne Valley and the Passage Tombs

Six nights across the medieval south-east: Kilkenny's walled Medieval Mile, the carved cloister at Jerpoint and the three walled acres of Kells, Waterford's Viking Triangle, and Vinegar Hill above the Slaney.

Medieval Ireland: Kilkenny, Jerpoint and the Viking Triangle

Six nights across Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon, from the passage tombs of Carrowmore and Carrowkeel to the royal complex at Rathcroghan, with Boyle Abbey and a coal mine on the way.

The Passage Tombs of the West: Carrowmore, Carrowkeel and Rathcroghan

Seven nights along Hadrian's Wall and what followed it, from Carlisle Castle and Birdoswald through Housesteads, Vindolanda and Corbridge to Bede's Jarrow, Warkworth, Dunstanburgh and the causeway to Lindisfarne.

Hadrian's Wall and the Edge of the Empire

Follow in the footsteps of Richard and Jackie on their fortnight on Sardinia: twelve nights down the west coast to Cagliari, up the east to a canyon at a thousand metres, and out through the islands, on campsites at twenty-five euros.

For the history buff

France

Corsica: Bonifacio, the Bavella Needles and the West Coast Road

Le Havre to Toulon: Normandy, the Loire and the Calanques

The Western Front: Crécy, Azincourt and the Somme

Ireland

Ancient Ireland: The Boyne Valley and the Passage Tombs

Medieval Ireland: Kilkenny, Jerpoint and the Viking Triangle

The Passage Tombs of the West: Carrowmore, Carrowkeel and Rathcroghan

England

Hadrian's Wall and the Edge of the Empire

Italy

Sardinia: The Gallura Coast, the Gorge and the Archipelago

Other kinds of trip