Latest articles from Mark Latham
On the roof of Africa
IT’S an inauspicious start. Only three weeks before we are due to fly to Tanzania the route we’d hoped to climb is closed.
In the land of the midnight sun
The evening flight from Oslo left the darkness of mainland Norway behind as the plane flew due north, past the Arctic Circle and into the full glare of the midnight sun.
Northern delights: Mark Latham takes a winter break in Vemdalen, Sweden, where snow lingers long after the Alpine slopes have melted
SWEDEN'S winter resorts have long been hard to get to from the UK – often involving a change of plane in Stockholm and long train or bus transfers. But a new Easyjet route, direct from London to Östersund in the mountains of north-west Sweden, has put some of the country’s best winter resorts within a 90-minute transfer from the airport. The three closest are Åre (recently voted one of the world’s top 10 ski resorts by Condé Nast Traveller magazine), Funäsfjällen and Vemdalen.
Travel: After years of skiing in crowded Alpine resorts, Mark Latham rediscovers the thrill of cross-country skiing in Norway
FOR many Brits, the annual skiing trip means six days of bombing down pistes at one of the alpine mega resorts, often along with some fairly hedonistic partying.
Don't look down: the art of ski jumping in Switzerland
“Just remind me again we why we are doing this?” I am tempted to ask my instructor and fellow pupils as I look down from the top of the novice ski jump.