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Simon Ellis continues his three-month long cruise from Poole to the Isles of Scilly, taking in Polperro, Fowey, Falmouth, Porthleven, Mousehole and Land’s End

■ Distance: 7 miles/11km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

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

DIFFICULTY EASY DISTANCE 14KM TIME 5 HOURS ...

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

LAST night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .” This is surely one of the most evocatively memorable opening lines to any novel ever written. Personally, I’ve been dreaming all too long of return