The roads less travelled

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The roads less travelled

Roger Morgan-Grenville celebrates the shapeshifting glories of Brita

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Country Life Magazine

24 September, 2025

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Sailing the shipping forecast

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

The TLS

Kintyre

Brian Morton

The Critic

The folly of turning our back to the sea

Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has led to shuttered shipyards, ailing fishing fleets and impoverished coastal towns

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Dreaming of escape on Ireland’s far-flung islands, David Bradford finds the reality of remoteness not quite as simple as it seems

Cycling Weekly

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