Race the light

■ Distance: 8½ miles/13.7km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

Setting foot on an island always feels like adventure, but walking all the way round takes it to a whole new level. And in some places all you need is one day.

David Smyth rolls back the years to run with the whippersnappers on the Isle of Man

Many years ago when I first got into sailing journalism, I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to interview Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. As someone who had read In a World of My Own as a child, th

Your cruising destinations, near and far

I DON’T know about you, but my family and I like nothing more than indulging in coffee and cake before heading off on a walk. So, the 18th-century Falcon Hotel – allegedly North Cornwall’s oldest coac