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By Peter Myers
Summer is a’ coming, and it’s high time to say goodbye to winter apathy and get those lactic-acid juices flowing. Or reading juices, anyway – it’s a jam-packed edition this May.That’s not to say, however, that winter is a time for hibernation. Every March, Switzerland goes slightly bonkers with its Engadin Ski Marathon. Forget cross-country skiing’s sedate image, as a trepidatious Minnie Burlton found out when she joined the 12,000-person scrum in this high-endurance, 26-mile snowy rite-of-passage, from page 122.As if one marathon isn’t enough, former lifestyle + travel Deputy Editor Jane Teeling thought she would run her first marathon in Amsterdam of all places. Find out what a runner’s high feels like from page 132. Our spice-factor comes in a liquid form: the peat-bog-scented whiskies of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland – especially Laphroaig – are celebrated by Contributing Editor Justin Eeles, who travels to the Isle of Islay for a tipple or ten from page 94.If this all seems a bit on the chillsome side, we make a bee-line back to Asia for a bit more sport with a small ‘s’: namely a drive from Bangkok to Singapore and back at speeds that could make a grown man cry (from page 106), and, along with 20,000 camels and 200,000 humans, the Pushkar Camel Fair in Rajasthan (from page 116).For a low-down of the best of Bangkok’s boutique hotels and Cambodia’s heritage properties, visit our lifestyle pages from page 74. We also take you cruising around Asia and spa-ing in the… office.On a personal note, by the time you read this, I will have left lifestyle + travel on a day-to-day basis. Taking up the role of Editor-At-Large from my new base in London, I will be contributing to the magazine in a roving capacity, handing over the full-on editing reigns to my more-than-able Deputy Editor Elise Meleisea, and my yet-to-be-announced successor.It has been emotional.
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Also by Peter Myers in this issue…
Ride Safe, Ride Bright
othersAlthough they don’t really look like they could be, Mini Coopers can be caned like you wouldn’t believe. Vrooming tenaciously… Read More
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Issue 38: Jul / Aug 2010
