Birding the mersey estuary

T hink of Florida and you’ll likely conjure up images of Miami Vice, David Beckham’s football club or theme parks like Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. But drive an hour south along US Route 1

The golden-sandstone Cotswold village of Upper Slaughter in Gloucestershire belies its name. In many respects it has all the hallmarks of a quintessential English village: pub, cricket club, an old ma

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10 varied routes in Scotland, England and Wales