It’s a dog’s life. Staying in Val Cenis, the day started cold, but with the astonishing clarity of sunshine and light you only find in the mountains in winter. Kitted out in my warmest gear, I took th

Jeremy Ellwood mixes waterways with fairways on a maiden river cruise with his wife to the wine-making region of Bordeaux in the south-west corner of France

The location of Boatfolk’s Portishead Marina just below the mouth of the River Avon, up the Bristol Channel, means it is particularly tidal but it does offer some interesting cruising opportunities an

Chris Bertram recalls the bucket-list experience at Shangri-La Le Touessrok, a heavenly island in the Indian Ocean

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about

WITH SUMMER ALMOST over, we at last managed an all-too-short driving holiday, discovering the Val de Loire region of France over seven days in our 2005 Maserati Cambiocorsa. That the Loire is one of t