Kevin Rushby

Journalist, Film Maker and Author at Freelance

Chief Travel Correspondent at The Guardian

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‘On a peak under a blue sky’: the joy of summer in Europe’s mountains

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Kevin Rushby

After a tough scramble to the summit of Rhinog Fach, we look down into the deep valley holding the chilly waters of Llyn Hywel, then west across several miles of heather, bilberry and bare rock to the Welsh coast. Turning my gaze north, there is the entire Llyn peninsula leading east to the peak of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), no doubt weighed down by thousands of visitors. Up here there are just two of us in an utterly peaceful landscape. No clouds on the horizon. No surprises.
‘On a peak under a blue sky’: the joy of summer in Europe’s mountains

1 week ago | inkl.com | Kevin Rushby

The summit of Averau in the Dolomites, with a view down the valley to Rifugio Nuvolau. Photograph: Alamy After a tough scramble to the summit of Rhinog Fach, we look down into the deep valley holding the chilly waters of Llyn Hywel, then west across several miles of heather, bilberry and bare rock to the Welsh coast. Turning my gaze north, there is the entire Llyn peninsula leading east to the peak of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), no doubt weighed down by thousands of visitors.
Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe

1 month ago | msn.com | Kevin Rushby

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Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kevin Rushby

In Great Yarmouth there are some signs of regeneration: the vast glass palace of the Winter Gardens is being refurbished and the ornate Cafe 1903 next to the historic Hippodrome is busy. But the bustling tourist industry of the Edwardian era is long gone. “When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came in 1903, the tent held 5,000,” says local historian Roger Silver. “A couple of years earlier the Bass Brewery brought 10,000 workers on a day trip from Burton upon Trent.
Fears for fate of Bagan’s towering Buddhist temples after Myanmar earthquake

Mar 28, 2025 | theguardian.com | Kevin Rushby

Rising through the mist of the forest at dawn, with spires reaching more than 200ft, few sights on earth have impressed travellers like the temples and pagodas of Bagan. “Jerusalem, Rome, Kiev, Benares,” wrote the Scottish journalist and colonial administrator James George Scott in 1910, “none of them can boast the multitude of temples, and the lavishness of design and ornament”.
myths, mountains and wild boar in Cilento

Mar 19, 2025 | wetheitalians.com | Kevin Rushby

BY: Kevin RushbyIn the silence of the chestnut woods, rays of sunlight ignite the patches of pink cyclamen and crocus. There are fungi of various kinds dotted around, including one that is a perfect sphere of bright orange pushing its way up out of earth. I sit on a rock and after a while I hear a gentle grunting noise, the sort of contented chunter made by a snorer having a light snooze. It's not me.
Castaway in Fife: exploring Robinson Crusoe country in east Scotland

Mar 5, 2025 | theguardian.com | Kevin Rushby

Standing in a Scottish seaside village, I am confronted by two smart red doors and a curious figure standing in a niche above them: a man, one hand clutching a staff, the other shading his eyes as he gazes out to sea. There’s a flintlock pistol in his belt and he’s dressed in tattered rags. Is it a tribute to locals who survived a night out in Kirkcaldy?
myths, mountains and wild boar in Cilento

Feb 27, 2025 | msn.com | Kevin Rushby

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Hiking in southern Italy: myths, mountains and wild boar in Cilento

Feb 27, 2025 | theguardian.com | Kevin Rushby

In the silence of the chestnut woods, rays of sunlight ignite the patches of pink cyclamen and crocus. There are fungi of various kinds dotted around, including one that is a perfect sphere of bright orange pushing its way up out of earth. I sit on a rock and after a while I hear a gentle grunting noise, the sort of contented chunter made by a snorer having a light snooze. It’s not me. A pair of wild boar are approaching, moving through the shadows, noses down, short tails flicking continuously.
I got lost in Morocco’s maze of medinas – and loved every minute

Feb 24, 2025 | msn.com | Kevin Rushby

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