The forest of dean

When planning a staycation in Britain, some locations may immediately spring to mind: a seaside trip to Brighton, Edinburgh in August for the Fringe Festival, or Bath for a historic city break. Those

From bucket-and-spade resorts to wild nature, there’s something for everyone

Wandering around Hereford on my first morning in the area, I soon come to realise this is a friendly city. I live in an equally friendly city; a place where, when I leave my house to go to the superma

A walk by water is always inspiring and whether you like to paddle, plunge or just listen to the babble of a brook, a new book of waterfall, coastal and river days out is full of inspiration

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY PLACES TO ...

‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’. Those words begin one of my very favourite books, The Go-Between, by LP Hartley and, standing in the main street of Malvern, I couldn