Articles by Nancy Bright-Thompson

Three of the group made the 6-30 am trip to the Taj Mahal but one told me that, far from seeing the dawn change the colour of the dome, he could not see the top from the base such was the habitual morning fog. The rest of us chose to lie-in in anticipation of a 5 hour coach trip. Coach has the [...]

Most of the party from London did not arrive till midday. However the smog and air purity – worse than Oxford Street – made our own tour in the morning uninviting so we waited for the afternoon one organised for the group. We saw some old faces from the Cape Town tour at the midday [...]

I am doing some consultancy work for the Thai tourist board and tied my visit with that of Bob who is staying  off Phuket and Grania and Polly who are further down the coast at a elite training camp for athletes. Bob kindly invited us all to spend the day with him. His resort is typical of many [...]

The National Rust party convened at Gatwick for the long weekend trip I organised to Madrid: Bob Tickler, Daffers, Alan Tanner and Ivan Conway. Bob in particular does not have an intuitive feel for modern day travel. He dislikes having to print out tickets, does not want them on his mobile and [...]

Sod’s law that our last full day should be the finest weather-wise. Finally we had a day of warm sunshine and no lashing rain. We duly decamped to nearby Polkerris Beach, a delightful cove, and ate seafood al fresco overlooking the beach on the sands at Sam’s Bistro. We returned in time [...]

We commenced with a tour of  the Vatican Gardens. This had to be conducted by a Vatican guide, a friendly Italian blonde woman with much cosmetic surgery. It was raining heavily and the group looked rather disconsolate. The garden tour took far too long which made the final part ending in the St [...]