All posts by Chantal Cooke
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A Genuinely High Tea
This tea really is high … 110 metres high to be precise. High Tea at the Emirates Spinnaker...
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Polar Bear Watching in Churchill, Canada
There’s the Polar Bear. There’s me. And there’s just a few feet between us. And no, I am...
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Climbing Chaipaval on the Isle of Harris
At the foot of Chaipaval, Isle of Harris: A wall of white cloud rides in on the waves,...
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On The Nile, Throw Like An Egyptian
If you want to enjoy a Nile cruise you don’t need to walk to like an Egyptian, you...
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A train journey through time
The mirror belonging to the Empress Elizabeth, the napkin used by Franz Joseph I, and a train ride...
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A day in Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada
“Back to back, belly to belly, I don’t care I’m undead already. Welcome to the zombie jamboree.” I...
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Champagne and Sabres
I am standing in a cellar surrounded by over 20,000 bottles of carefully chosen wine. I have a...
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Its minus 110 degrees Celsius, I am in a freezer, wearing a bikini
Its -110 degrees, I am in a large freezer with windows, and I’m wearing a bikini. You would be...
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Wildlife watching – where you wouldn’t expect it!
I am looking at a meadow pipit – it’s in the middle of the North Sea sitting on...
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Forget winter in Whistler – summer is the time to visit
Whistler in Canada is not just a first class ski resort and home to the recent Winter Olympics,...
