Final word: The lighter side of travel

The final word

From Shitterton to Twatt

Forget Lands End to John

O' Groats. If all those lockdowns have left you with the urge to do something worthwhile, like a charity fundraising trip across Britain, there's now a much more fun way to do it.

Follow in the footsteps of Paul Taylor, from Oxfordshire, who this summer sped off on a 50cc moped for a 1,800-mile tour, in memory of a friend, taking in all the places with names that'll make you chuckle.

Starting in the Dorset hamlet of Shitterton (tee-hee) he'll be calling at Crazies Hill and Cockpole Green near Reading, Berkshire, Butthole Lane in Shepshed, Leicestershire, and Titty Ho in Northamptonshire.

His tour - known as the Moronic Moped Marathon - also takes in Happy Bottom Nature Reserve, Sandy Balls Holiday Park, Pishill, The Knob, Butthole Lane, Slack Bottom Road, and more, before ending up in Twatt in the Orkney Isles.

At the last count, cheeky Paul had already raised just under £20,000 for Cancer Research - way over his initial £1,800 target. If you want to add a donation, check out this link: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ paul-taylor233

Sunhat or umbrella?

Packing is so much easier when you know if it's going to rain or shine, so here's a handy list of European cities with the most predictable weather:

1 Valetta 2 Nicosia 3 Dublin 4 London 5 Rome 6 Athens 7 Reykjavik 8 Amsterdam 9 Brussels 10 Paris

Research by Uswitch Car Insurance

Oh, I do like to be...

Whether you jetted off to sunny Spain or cloudy Cornwall, hopefully most of you got a well-deserved seaside break this summer. This year, more than ever, what we've all yearned for is a day at the beach, to feel the sea air and the sand between our toes Or have we? Apparently not, according to hotel platform, Hoo, which looked at some data and found that 63% of us prefer a dip in the pool to the beach, and for a number of reasons: our dislike of pebbles, sand, and seawater and a fear of what lies beneath. The makers of Jaws have got a lot to answer for.

What we had for dinner became the most exciting thing that happened to many of us in those long, dark days of the lockdowns. With nothing else to brag about, social media became flooded with heavily-filtered photos of mealtimes, showcasing our national dishes. According to Dutch delivery website, Thuisbezorgd, pizzas were the instagram favourites across Europe, while in the UK we were all keen to share snaps of our beloved fish and chips, Sunday roasts and Shepherd's Pie. Sadly, not quite so photogenic!

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