How to reach the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae from Kirkwall’s cruise pier by bus or taxi — costs against a ship excursion, timings, and the return buffer to plan.

Narsaq in South Greenland — a town of fewer than 1,400 people, ringed by fjords, glaciers and drifting ice. What to see on foot, and why photographers keep returning.

Grytviken on South Georgia — a former Norwegian whaling station of rusting boilers and oil tanks, a white 1913 church, and Shackleton’s grave on the hill above the bay.

Saint Peter Port, capital of Guernsey — Castle Cornet guarding the harbour, steep cobbled lanes, and a place where British and French habits sit comfortably side by side.

Terceira in the Azores — the UNESCO old town of Angra do Heroísmo, the lava-walled vineyards of Biscoitos, and the green patchwork seen from Serra do Cume.

A day trip from Portsmouth to Lulworth Cove on England’s Jurassic Coast — a two-hour cliff walk past Stair Hole, with practical notes on light, lenses and budget beds.

A 2.5-hour boat trip into Norway’s Lysefjord from Stavanger — Preikestolen seen from below, the Hengjane waterfall, and cliff walls that rise straight from the water.

The mountain roads above the Geirangerfjord — Dalsnibba at 1,500 m, the overhang at Flydalsjuvet and the eleven hairpins of the Eagle Bend, with the stops worth making.