Keeping the ferry in the family

Simon Ellis completes the final leg of his three-month sabbatical cruise along the South Coast of England

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Roger Morgan-Grenville celebrates the shapeshifting glories of Britain’s sea paths, evanescent byways revealed by the tides

Modern intrusions vie with the trill of oystercatchers close to Dave’s dream home

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