Lofoten or bust

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In conversation, Harald is a modest, mild-mannered man and to hear him outlining his 2022 cruise is the perfect expression of that. “It was mid-May that I left Medemblik for Den Oever and then to Texe

It’s 7pm. There is just 5km left between me and the cod drying rack that marks the finish of this race. I’ve got a cramp in my left thigh. I’m soaked through and just about to set foot into the forest

Simon Ellis completes the final leg of his three-month sabbatical cruise along the South Coast of England

The Norwegian fjords are UNESCO World Heritage sites, and the biggest attraction in Scandinavia. Brutally forged over many millions of years, Norway’s fjords were carved by ice and rock during success

It’s a part of Iceland that’s off the tourist trail, but it’s brilliant for birding, writes Vanessa Wright