Frazzled from what felt like a never-ending year, we booked into South Lodge hoping for a quiet countryside reset – and it certainly delivered. The Reeds is a cluster of eco-lodges set on the edge of

Wellness, the word, has been around for centuries, but it’s only in the last decade or two that it has become commonplace. An Oxford English Dictionary graph of how frequently it has been used over ti

Relax and unwind without spending a fortune

coast editor-in-chief Alex Fisher spends a few days at the Scarlet hotel, an adults-only eco-retreat perched above Mawgan Porth Beach on the north Cornish coast

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