New research has revealed the extent to which travel companies use card charges, premium rate telephone lines and automatic opt-ins to “trick” their customers.

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Card charges and booking ‘tricks’ revealed by consumer study

Dog Falls walk, Glen Affric: The scene was awesome for one main reason: I was above the canopy of many of the trees and I suddenly felt very insignificant This marked route runs through the core of the ancient woodland of the Caledonian pinewoods in Glen Affric .

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Country diary: Dog Falls walk, Glen Affric: In an ancient arboreal world

When Rob Freeman took to the slopes with former Olympian Graham Bell he was more than a little apprehensive. Would he live up to his reputation for doing something completely bonkers, not to say terrifying, as soon as he gets to the top of a mountain?

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Skiing holidays in Italy: Chilling out with five-time Olympian Graham Bell in Courmayeur

When Rob Freeman took to the slopes with former Olympian Graham Bell he was more than a little apprehensive. Would he live up to his reputation for doing something completely bonkers, not to say terrifying, as soon as he gets to the top of a mountain?

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Skiing holidays in Italy: Chilling out with five-time Olympian Graham Bell in Coumayeur

Airline passengers could be endangered by EU plans to allow pilots to fly longer hours, MPs have been told.

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EU flying hours could put passengers ‘at risk’, MPs told

In 2011 two tourists – including a British honeymooner – were killed in freak shark attacks in the Seychelles.

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Seychelles shark attacks: Swimming ban on Praslin beach lifted six months after honeymooner was killed

Rising interest payments on BAA’s debts turned the operating profit of £572m into a pre-tax loss of £256m – a £60m improvement on its 2010 losses The airport operator BAA has announced a pre-tax loss of £256m for 2011, despite record traffic at Heathrow and a leap in revenues. BAA said it had delivered a strong operational year with continued significant investment that would ultimately see it turn a profit, although interest payments on its £10bn debt continued to drag its annual accounts into the red.

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BAA makes a loss as debt payments mount

Take the tour, read the books, and find new ways of seeing.

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Why would someone pay for a coach trip around the M25? | Owen Hatherley

Scotland’s third city is often not given a look-in by tourists, but Lonely Planet believes that its oversight is unjust, rating it one of the world’s most unsung destinations.

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Aberdeen voted fifth most unsung destination in the world by Lonely Planet

Can you resist ordering something so ultra-local you may never have another chance to try it?

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Mucky fat butties and a sense of place