The Glacier Express consumes a whole day to traverse 291 bridges and pass through 91 tunnels on its tantalising trundle ...

From a nine-month trek to a 20,000-mile motorcycle odyssey, these books will transport you across continents and encourage you to see the world differently.

All of this would be washed down with gallons of warm spiced ale served in a communal ‘wassail bowl’. At the bottom of the bowl was a crust of bread that was presented to the host of the feast after ...