John Carter, long time presenter of TV’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ programme and seasoned globetrotter explores some exciting new short and long haul guided walking destinations across the globe. I learned the hard way that it is never wise to base your travel plans on a unique event, no matter how spectacular and “unmissable” that event may be. It happened some years ago when I travelled with a TV crew to Siena in Italy, for the specific purpose of filming the Palio – the horse race around the Piazza del Campo. It was to be the highlight of our film with its action, colour, noise and excitement. Unfortunately torrential rain caused the whole thing to be postponed and our grand plan – not to mention what would have been the best sequence in the entire film – disappeared down the city’s storm drains. That memory of everything going disastrously awry was triggered when I spotted a super holiday to Siena and Florence which is featured in the latest collection of holidays from Ramblers Worldwide. Sensibly, the organisers have avoided the high summer, when the city is extremely crowded, with or without the horse race, and provide their clients with the…
