□ Distance: 8½ miles/13.6km □ Time: 4 hours ...

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

□ Distance: 9½ miles/15.2km □ Time: 5 hours ...

Make the most of early spring by exploring this national park in southern England, tracing ancient paths across its chalk hills and sampling the produce of its vineyards

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

□ Distance: 7¼ miles/11.7km □ Time: 3½ hours ...