■ Distance: 9¾ miles/15.7km ■ Time: 5 hours ■ Grade: Challenging

■ Distance: 6½ miles/10.4km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

■ Distance: 8 ½ miles/13.5km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

Our walks th is month 1 Quiraing Isle ...

The River Crouch stretches 10nm further up river from the marina, via Fambridge, Brandy Hole and Hullbridge, to Battlesbridge – the end of the navigable part of the river. This is a lovely, sheltered

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