The Ch?e d'Or is phenomenally expensive but the Ch?au Eza is very similar but cheaper I had the most

The Ch?e d'Or is phenomenally expensive but the Ch?au Eza is very similar but cheaper I had the most amazing seven-course set lunch there. Our room had a huge bay window, which was cantilevered over Lake Pichola. It was so beautiful.Favourite walk/swim/ride/drive?I love walking the South West Coast Path - I'd like to explore it more from Woolacombe Bay to the Lizard.Best meal abroad?There's a medieval village on the C?d'Azur called Eze, which is pretty much owned by two hotels. It was completely the wrong time of year to go, there were tropical storms and hundreds of mosquitoes. We ended up going to Nicaragua, which thankfully was amazing.Best hotel?We stayed at the Jagat Niwas Palace Hotel in Udaipur, India.

Every country has something special and unique about it.Better to travel or arrive?I quite like the journey. I'm impatient so I like to be on the move and enjoying things as I go along.Worst travel experience?My girlfriend and I had some time off so we asked all our friends to recommend somewhere to go; they said the Bay Islands of Honduras. It depends where I am, though; when I was in Argentina I kept a journal.Where has seduced you?Everywhere I have been: Argentina, Rwanda, Uganda, Cornwall, India. When I was in India I really enjoyed walking down the street and being the only white face.Ideal travelling companion?My girlfriend. We hardly ever get the chance to travel together because of the nature of our work - she's a doctor - so we have to book things at the last minute.Beach bum, culture vulture or adrenalin junkie?All three, at any time.Greatest travel luxury?A pair of linen French Connection painter trousers which are perfect for everything, be it the plane, on the beach or even going out for dinner.Holiday reading?I read quite a lot on beach holidays; my last book was A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.

Places like Sennen Cove and the Lizard are just so beautiful. Roskilly's ice-cream and apple juice are fantastic, too.What have you learnt from your travels?I suppose I have a better appreciation of different cultures. Fortunately my dad found him in the end. Best holiday?I've just come back from Argentina where I went hiking around the Torres del Painewith a couple of mates. After that we went to the Valdes Peninsula where we went scuba-diving with sea lions - they're like underwater Labradors, they're just so friendly.Favourite place in the British Isles?I have recently discovered Cornwall and I love it. First holiday memory? One year in France my brother went off to climb a hill and got lost. These should cover the 113 miles between Leeds and Carlisle in under an hour, providing competition for both Virgin Trains and GNER.OK, I made most of that up, but the most scenic part of the line has been closed for improvements for the past four weeks It is due to re-open today.Simon Calder. The practice can also increase fuel consumption, and therefore emissions, by 3 per cent.Emma FieldDestination of the week: the Settle-to-Carlisle lineFans of England's finest railway, between Settle in West Yorkshire and Carlisle, will know that the line has been closed for the past few weeks while it is upgraded to take trains running at 125mph.

Andrew Howard, head of road safety for the AA Motoring Trust, says the law may decrease road accident casualties by between 1,000 and 3,000 each year - although he adds that it may be "more effective in darker places" such as Scandinavia.He also points out that while visibility of cars is improved, the law could have the unintended effect of making motorbikes less noticeable; motorcyclists generally have their lights on at all times to make them stand out from other road traffic. A similar law is already in place in Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia.The introduction of these laws is in line with the EU's target to reduce road accident fatalities from 40,000 to 20,000 by 2010. The law took effect in November last year but until now has not been enforced with fines; these begin on 15 April with a €15 (£11) penalty. The Czech Republic will follow suit on 1 July with a 2,000-koruny (£48) penalty. Austria is the first non-Scandinavian country in Western Europe to make it compulsory to drive with dipped headlights in daylight.

You must commence travel within three months of purchase; book on the last day of May and you could start on 31 August.Brendan Fox, editor of the Thomas Cook European Timetable, praised the new venture, calling it "a good opportunity to explore some of the country's scenery with a fast and cheap itinerary" - assuming, of course, that French rail workers are not on strike.Jack SeymourWarning of the week: headlights onIf you take a road trip to Austria this Easter, be sure to switch on your headlights. Rather neatly, this is 50 pence less than the price of a standard return trip between Paris and Nice on a TGV.Buy carefully, and you can benefit from the extra discount all summer. Put the two deals together - that is, travel with one or more pals, and buy before the end of May - and the cost of the most basic pass falls to just £75. And for an indefinite time, if you travel with friends or family, there is a further saving of between £17 and £35 per person for groups of between two and five people. From next Wednesday, 5 April, the France Railpass goes on sale. Three days of rail travel cost £117, rising to £225 for nine days - much less than the previous ticket, the Euro Domino. There are two ways to save even more money. In the short term, anyone who buys the pass before the end of May will get a £25 discount to celebrate the TGV's quarter-century.