One of my real great adventures has been closer to home than the norm when I was whale watching sailing from our own English shores to those of Northern Spain. My own fascination with the great whales goes back to my school days and reading Moby Dick by Herman Melville later turned into a film starring Gregory Peck made in the 1950’s. Much of the filming took place at Fishguard in Pembrokeshire South Wales and I was fortunate as a teenager to be in Fishguard during the making of the film.

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As volcanic ash cloud brings huge disruption to flights accross the UK, the European Consumer Centre for Services has issued advice to travellers about what to do if their flights are cancelled.

British pensioners continue to be punished with high travel insurance costs on the grounds of their age, with those travelling within Europe being penalised the most once they reach the age of 65, according to research by moneysupermarket.com.

Disabled and elderly people across the whole of London have faced a growing number of refused trips from Transport for London’s Dial-a-Ride service, according to new figures.

A recent report has thrown into question the cost effectiveness of free bus passes. Ken Lacey, Chairman of one of the UK’s most active older people’s groups, The Weston-super-Mare Senior Citizens Forum, takes issue with it.

Britain’s older generation is casting off the traditional image of a sedate lifestyle snoozing in front of the fire for a more action packed way of life, a study revealed today.