That's a very strange article. It keeps contradicting itself: solo women travellers are often the toughest, and yet unaware of the dangers of leaving Britain's shores. I wonder if the sub-editor had a different bias to the writer?

I'm very conscious of the need to be careful when abroad - all you have to do is wander the streets of Paris or any Italian town by yourself to realise that women are treated very differently even in cultures that are very close to our own. But I'm also conscious of the need to be...watchful, at least, at home.