Adventures in the land of robin hood

Joely Carey heads into the woods to discover Michelin-starred magic in the north of the Lake District National Park

BACK in the days when a tankful of petrol cost as much as we pay for a coffee today, our sunny Sunday afternoon treat was a drive out. If we weren’t aiming for the beach, our route took us north to th

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

This stunning Lincolnshire plot is packed with both sun-lovers and shade-revellers

The village shop that sold pick ‘n’ mix sweets. A cowpat-strewn country lane with occasional glimpses of Glastonbury Tor. Leaping the wooden stile into Butterfly Wood. It’s over 30 years since I last

Old fossils, new forest: explore aeons of natural history in this pleasantly hilly part of Leicestershire.