We leafed through the well-thumbed pages of our atlas until North Wales stopped us in our tracks. Anglesey felt like a place apart. A few weeks later, we found ourselves waist-high in prickly gorse, s

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This week’s dream: a laid-back trip along the ...

I’m awake. Very awake. It’s early on a wind-whipped Sunday morning and I’m neck-deep in the sea off the Isle of Man’s north-east coast. The rain is steady, the swell is heavy and the water is gaspindu

Tucked away in the far northwest of Scotland is one of Britain’s most unspoilt beaches. In summer its waters look tropical, but it’s in spring and autumn when the true spirit of the place is revealed.

WHY are there metal shells in the pavement, Mum?” a girl asked as she strolled along the promenade in Minehead. This is the West Somerset seaside resort which has attracted holidaymakers for centuries