Travel and Outdoors
Patricia’s travel writing began with a travel scholarship to Spain in her late teens. Although she would not, perhaps surprisingly, describe herself as widely travelled (she’s happy to admit to finding most places beyond Wales thrillingly exotic), when she does venture beyond her four walls she loves to write about it.
Patricia prides herself on finding as much of interest and absurdity in rural Britain as in downtown Delhi and her adventurous spirit will often lead her into challenging and even foolhardy pursuits.
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Princess for a week
Alpine medical resorts conjure up images of consumptives taking the air. As Patricia Carswell discovers, this was not the case with a luxury spa hotel in the Austrian Alps
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Saddle up for a new kind of trail
Thundering along a springy turf track at a turbo-charged gallop, I realise I'm not quite in control. I concentrate on keeping my feet in the stirrups and steering a safe path over the heather-strewn landscape. "Oh please God, don't let me fall off," I whisper as we fly across the hill.
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Happy campers
It isn't easy being green when you're a princess. If you need a down-filled duvet and a squashy mattress before you can even think about sleeping, lying on the hard ground isn't an appealing prospect.
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