Running tips

Riga’s Kronvalda Park had taken on a Christmas-card look with icicles hanging from trees and the canal frozen solid. It was minus 14C so I’d lost the feeling in my hands but I ran on, crunching through the snow, avoiding black-ice patches and taking corners slowly.

At a viewpoint overlooking a sea of canary-yellow gorse and delicate blackthorn blossom tumbling down to inky Loch Fyne, the six of us howl like wolves into a gentle breeze. It’s an exhilarating moment, adding to the euphoria as we near the end of the four-day retreat’s longest run.

You're not alone if you've been having trouble finding the cabin you want on a cruise ship.

The pandemic fuelled a boom in remote working for many industries and yachting is no exception.

A luxury cruise ship that ran aground off Greenland’s eastern coastline earlier this week has been successfully freed, Denmark’s military Joint Arctic Command said on Thursday.

A passenger on board the stuck luxury cruise ship in Greenland told CNN that her biggest fear while stranded for days was that they would run out of alcohol on board. 

It’s another earnings season so online travel companies such as Airbnb, Expedia and Tripadvisor occasionally present facts in a misleading — or at least in an exceedingly positive-sounding — way.

One New York man says he was running late for his flight to London, so he took a chopper to the John. F. Kennedy Airport.

"Is the captain there, please?" a man shouted in Italian in a TikTok video showing two cruisers who appeared to be left behind by their ship at a port, Insider reported on Saturday.

When it comes to packing—for a quick weekend getaway, a work trip, or an extended vacation—I tend to rely on a select few all-star pieces. These are items, like my favorite tank top and timeless leather carry-all tote, I depend on time and time again. Their versatility is unmatched, and I know there’s a 100 percent chance I won’t deem them superfluous during my travels. My roster of suitcase staples, while reliable, is also dynamic; I’m always searching for new items to streamline my overall packing process. And earlier this year, I came across a new addition while hunting for elevated, travel-friendly workout attire: The perfect athletic shorts for every occasion.

Much to the surprise of travelers, wild animals are making headlines for sneaking their way into suitcases, out of baggage chutes, and around airport traffic.

For generations of air travelers, Boeing’s B747 jet, the four-engined behemoth with its distinctive hump, epitomized elegance in long-haul flying, harkening back to an era when travel was more refined, less exasperating. That era is long gone, and the B747 is disappearing from the skies as well.

Whether you want to keep fit while on holiday, or just explore new corners of the UK on foot, Jen and Sim Benson – authors of the new Wild Running: 150 Adventures on the Trails & Fells of Britain – have compiled their five favourite running routes in Britain.