I’m always stumbling across folk tales and superstitions when I’m out and about researching material for features. It seems that almost every village on Tenerife and the Western Islands has a tale to tell of star-crossed lovers or strange apparitions on beaches and in ravines. So, with Halloween in mind, I’ve sifted through them and [...]
I’ve been dusting off my hiking boots, removing the cobwebs from the tip of my Leki stick after a summer of being chained to the desktop and heading up into the hills to get some pine scented air into my lungs.
Every time I set off on a hike, I mutter about it being far too [...]