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Behind the wheel with Kate Humble

Nov 20, 2024 | theclub.ba.com | Kate Humble

TV presenter, writer and wildlife specialist Kate Humble on her cupboard full of maps, the love-to-hate packing essential she won’t travel without and why Wales has her heart When we say ‘road trip’, what comes to mind? Back in 1988, I got a job driving a truck from Cape Town to Victoria Falls as part of the support crew for a safari.
Home Made by Kate Humble

Oct 10, 2024 | l8r.it | Kate Humble |Nathan Anthony |Kay Allinson |Dee Rettali

LoveReading Says I'm a city dweller but this book made me fall in love hook, line and sinker with life in the country. It's a love letter to the countryside where you collect your eggs from your hens and ducks each morning, and find porcini mushrooms growing in the lane you walk along most days. It's about people, about food, and a celebration of the master craftspeople who have given their lives to their art.
Why is everyone so happy in Finland? I went there to find out

Jul 29, 2024 | msn.com | Kate Humble

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Why is everyone so happy in Finland? I went there to find out

Jul 29, 2024 | msn.com | Kate Humble

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Why is everyone so happy in Finland? I went there to find out

Jul 29, 2024 | msn.com | Kate Humble

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Why is everyone so happy in Finland? I went there to find out

Jul 29, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Kate Humble

'Finland's swathes of green space do much to deliver a general sense of perkiness,' writes Humble Credit: Alexis Girardet A woman sporting a felted pixie hat ladles water onto rocks heated by the woodburning stove.
Kate Humble: I tried Sri Lanka’s brand new highland hiking trail – here’s why you should follow me

Jun 7, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Kate Humble

Writer Kate Humble on the Pekoe Trail in Sri Lanka Credit: Ludo Graham “Just here?” The tuktuk driver seems doubtful. Why were these two foreigners abandoning his vehicle on the corner of a steep, single-track road by the rusting, rattling hulk of a derelict tea factory?
10 great destinations lost to modern travellers

Feb 20, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Leadbeater |Nick Boulos |Kate Humble |Nick Trend

Travel wonders including the pyramids of Meroe in Sudan remain off-limits to tourists Credit: Getty There are many reasons to read Fyodor Dosdoevsky’s masterpiece Crime and Punishment – but one is its compelling picture of St Petersburg in the mid-19th century.
Kate Humble: I spent 16 years desperately trying to make my house feel like home. It never did

Oct 6, 2023 | inews.co.uk | Kate Humble

I’m building a house in my head. Or rather, designing the house I’d like, one day, to build. It’s not a grand house. That’s not what I aspire to, and if I’m going to build it myself, or at least have a hand in the building process that goes beyond making tea and paying bills, I know that “grand” is beyond my capabilities. I excel at manual labour. I can heft, shovel and schlep, but any task requiring a tape measure and a degree of accuracy makes me panic.
Tintern, Monmouthshire guide: historic walks, places to stay and things to do

Aug 7, 2023 | countryfile.com | Carys Matthews |Kate Humble

Tintern lies on the Welsh bank of the lower Wye Valley, about 5 miles north of Chepstow and the M4. The valley is narrowed and rugged at this point, but opens out slightly at Tintern, where the Cistercians founded their second abbey in 1131. Tintern is also renowned for its countryside and scenic walks, many of which start on either side of the foot and cycle bridge that crosses the Wye to the north of the abbey.