3 d. ago A moment that changed me: An accident left me terrified of risk. Then I joined a stranger on a motorbike adventure

We rode through the dark, through winding mountain roads to reach scenic nooks I otherwise would never have seen. From then, I had the confidence to make friends and travel moreAs I watched the sleek, white motorbike roll out of the hire shop in Thakhek, Laos, I wondered if I was making a dreadful mistake. It was March 2017 and I had agreed to go on a road trip with a stranger – an American named Travis, whom I had met a few weeks earlier. We were classmates on a Rotary International Peace Fellowship, which brought together people from sectors such as academia, farming and activism to learn about conflict resolution, in Thailand. I tended to have my guard up around people I didn’t know but Travis’s constant gentle efforts to get to know me had worked, and we bonded over a shared sense of humour. When he suggested we explore Laos together, it felt like a natural progression of our budding friendship.Travis wanted to visit a climbing hotspot, I wanted to see the Laos that wasn’t on th...

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3 d. ago Amanda Owen's son Reuben suffers 'disastrous setback' in Channel 5 show

The latest episode of the Channel 5 show saw Reuben Owen and his friends take on a 100-mile road trip in vintage tractors.

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4 d. ago Mario Kart rival Disney Speedstorm to get Switch 2 upgrade – here's what's included

Disney Speedstorm, the free-to-play racer that pits Disney characters against each other in Mario Kart-style races with power-ups, is getting a Switch 2 upgrade

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4 d. ago NC500 alternative in Scotland with dark skies, medieval castles and scenic crowd free roads

The road trip is a 300-mile route through Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire, offering quiet roads, castles, forests and coast without the crowds

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8 d. ago Full list of countries where drivers need a permit to take a road trip

A wide variety of countries have different rules for British travellers hoping to drive while on holiday

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8 d. ago Holidaymakers planning road trips abroad this summer warned not to snub 'essential' expense

Make sure you double-check your documents and brush up on the local rules before you go

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1 week ago Terminally ill husband and his wife make emotional road trip to honeymoon destination for 'final time'

Steven and Lorraine Cross are making the "once in a lifetime" trip to support the charity which has been there for them during Steven's cancer journey.

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1 week ago 'Mario Kart World is great but these karting classic leaks have me even more excited'

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled hit a huge sales milestone last week, and fans are desperate for rumours of a PC port and current-gen patch to be true — here's all we know

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1 week ago These are the 8 best Nintendo Switch 2 games you’ll want to play first

From Mario Kart World to Cyberpunk 2077, these are the best Nintendo Switch 2 games to play now

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1 week ago Mario Kart rival adds Spongebob and Ninja Turtles to launch lineup as Nickelodeon takes over

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will feature Nickelodeon characters, karts and tracks, starting with SpongeBob SquarePants and leading to Avatar and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the future

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1 week ago Allo la France review – romance of French phone booths exposes funding cuts to rural services

In an endearingly whimsical road trip documentary, Floriane Devigne takes calls from her interview subjects in the last remaining phone boxes dotted across rural FranceThe humble telephone box, a souvenir from the days of analogue, can also be an intriguing cinematic locus. Floriane Devigne’s road trip documentary begins with such a relic: the last public phone booth in Paris, which also appears in Jacques Rivette’s mesmerising 1981 film Le Pont du Nord. Unlike their Instagrammable British counterparts, French phone boxes are usually painted in a demure grey and blend seamlessly with their surroundings.As it moves from the capital city to more remote areas, Devigne’s film observes the vanishing of a formerly essential utility as her cross-country odyssey sparkles with an endearing whimsicality. Instead of using talking heads, Devigne ducks into various phone boxes scattered across France, as she takes calls from her interview subjects. Stories of love and longing fill these unassumi...

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1 week ago Antiques Road Trip star opens up on daughter's heartbreaking health battle and family 'struggle'

BBC Antiques Road Trip star Phillip Serrell said daughter Clementine's battle has been 'difficult' and 'hard to understand'

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1 week ago Antiques Road Trip star details family struggle as he says 'I've found it hard'

Antiques Road Trip expert Philip Serell has been open about his family life, including his daughter's battle with anorexia

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2 w. ago Iconic Scottish road trip ranked among world's most Instagrammable destinations

It ranked an incredible fifth in the world with 694,511 Instagram mentions

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2 w. ago Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?

Nintendo has slept on new games for its new handheld but clockwork-puzzle murder missions, an RPG reborn and a beefed-up Yakuza 0 are the highlights from other developersThe Nintendo Switch 2 certainly makes a strong first impression, but once that gadget limerence begins to fade, it’s down to the games to stave off any creeping buyer’s remorse. We all know that Mario Kart World is undoubtedly a multiplayer masterpiece, and original Switch games from Pokémon Scarlet/Violet to Zelda have been updated to look amazing on the new console, but there’s otherwise a severe lack of Nintendo-made launch games for the Switch (beyond the £8 tech demo, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour).Thankfully, other developers have stepped in to fill the gap, releasing a bunch of updated versions of games that have been out on other consoles for a while. What should you pick up when you’re tired of Mario Kart World? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nintendo Switch 2 launch games rated: The first must buy games and ones to avoid

Nintendo Switch 2 arrives alongside some great ports and a big headliner in Mario Kart World, but which games are worth your time? We’ve got you covered.

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2 w. ago The Last Journey review – Sweden’s Ant and Dec hit the road with octogenarian dad

In this moving and funny documentary, Swedish TV presenters Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson try to rekindle Filip’s father’s zest for life on a road trip to France‘Do you want to rot away in an old armchair?” asks Filip Hammar, a Swedish TV presenter, talking to his dad. In this charming, often hilarious documentary, Hammar takes 80-year-old Lars on a road trip to the south of France; the idea is to rekindle Lars’s spark, shake a bit of life back into him. Since retiring as a French teacher, Lars has been sitting around at home, steadily more depressed and frail. Hammar wants to show his dad that life is worth living. But as you’d expect from a documentary this heart-warming, Hammar has a lesson or two to learn himself.For the trip, Hammar has bought a knackered old Renault 4, the same car the family had when he was a kid. Their destination is the apartment they rented every summer holiday (judging from the old photos, this was pre-factor 50 sunscreen; everyone was a livid shade...

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2 w. ago Antiques Road Trip's Christina Trevanion's life off screen from 'unexpected' health scare to cancer heartbreak

Christina Trevanion's journey to BBC fame has not come without its ups an downs as we explore the life of the famous auctioneer and valuer...

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3 w. ago ‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife rather than teenage girls. Two friends separately brought it to my house, like contraband dropped out of a biplane. Book groups hastily convened, strategically timed for when the men were out of the picture.The story opens with a 45-year-old woman about to take a road trip, a break from her husband and child and general domestic noise. She’s intending to drive from LA to New York, but is derailed in the first half hour by a young guy, Davey, in a car hire place, to whom she is passionately attracted. The next several weeks pas...

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3 w. ago Two men rushed to hospital after being struck by lightning during road trip

The rescue teams were first alerted about the incident at 5pm but it wasn't until around midnight that the helicopter made a second trip to rerscue the less seriously hurt man

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