A UK resident on an extended holiday has been caught out by the details of their annual holiday insurance. Read the small prints before you sign up folks - remember the devil (and the insurance companies’ claim avoidance plan) is in the detail! Hopefully, he will make a good recovery.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64187351

A similar restriction often applies to UK vehicle insurance too. Cover abroad is typically limited to individual trips of 30 days.

But I have known an insurer to extend it on request, at no charge.

For once some sensible, good news from England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66341778

Indeed! I was reading earlier about some of the arguments the lawyers were using to justify their position. It seems that the ban side said they were happy to allow recreational activity but that overnight camping wasn't recreational because you were unconscious while you were doing it. :rofl: You really couldn't make it up (although they tried!)

looks like we may be able to "wild camp " in uk soon
But............... read "sufys" blog about his time in spain a bit scary !:Beach::Beach: a nice beach and a 5 * hotel ?????

Not news as such but an article on the BBC about the shepherdesses of the Pamir region.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67510670

Some wheels good news
 

Kenyan motorcycle taxis pushed to go electric

A report on the BBC about a lady travelling from Kenya to Nigeria. Nothing unusual or newsworthy you may be thinking? She had been confined to a wheelchair following a car accident and hadn’t ridden a bike - pedal or powered- before buying her 250cc bike and getting a weeks training and then setting off.

What a great trip!

A lady from Alaska has completed the fastest round the world trip by cycle. The report is here.

I would be interested to hear what people thought about the route she chose.

I thought that this article on the BBC website may be of interest to travellers.

The story details the treatment of a British pensioner following an accident in America and how they have tried to treat the accident victim.

Vang Vieng, Laos

Be cautious in Laos.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/...acker-paradise

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...anol-poisoning

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj34v71zlyo

Hoo boy, that has major litigation written all over it.

AXA underwrites the insurance broker I was using for my motorbikes here in Spain, and after a pile of scummy behaviour from both them and the broker I've moved to another company. Based on my experience and this article I feel confident in recommending others to stay away from them, too!

That was very much my thinking - from a PR perspective this has the potential to be an absolute disaster for them and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a lawsuit appear.

The other thing that occurs to me is how often has this happened before where the family have not been as social media savvy?