Strike it lucky and you may see salmon leaping Dinham Weir from CSONS’ riverside terrace. It is a remarkable sight, one of many in this green nook beneath Ludlow Castle. A café-restaurant and takeaway

Take a tour of Weobley, star of the multi-Oscar nominated film Hamnet . You can even stay in the big, handsome National Trust farm featured in the film too.

The North Country Rover ticket offers four days’ travel within an eight-day period and covers the north of England from Halifax up to Newcastle and Carlisle (excluding heritage railways). Available at

Discover a fancy spa hotel, a pub’s cosy shepherd’s huts and a glam camping lodge

Come for the spread, stay for the stroll

Did you know that Northern Ireland is one of the toughest places in western Europe to open a new pub or start a microbrewery? However, despite restrictions and archaic laws, some of which date back mo