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

If we had to choose our “special place”, Andy and I would always choose Exmoor National Park. It’s a place we often escape to. Straddling the Somerset/Devon border, Exmoor’s coastline is littered with

6 20.6km / 12.8 miles / 7-7.5 hours Ascent 1122m/3680ft

Half a century after its inception, the Coast to Coast path becomes a National Trail this spring, opening up the wild landscapes and historic villages of Northern England to a new generation of hikers

7 11.3km / 7 miles / 4.5 hours Ascent 680m/2231ft