It’s always risky trying somewhere new, when you really like the place that you’ve been going to at February half-term for the past three years. Add to this our annual craving to see the sea after a l

One of a new breed of B&Bs, Severnside Press in the Forest of Dean is at the forefront of a quiet revival of this quintessentially British concept. Rhiannon Batten checks into a guesthouse that’s reinventing the mini-break

Yorkshire is a vast and varied county. Historically it had three distinctive ridings: North, East and West. People from the West come to the East to be near the sea, whereas we live in the East Riding

On a leisurely weekend break, the last thing I expected to be wearing was a hard hat with a headlamp, a battery pack and a pair of wellingtons. But there I was, fully togged up – along with seven othe

Where can you see the Golden Boys and the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, stroll around Gas Street Basin or stand on a rooftop garden admiring an eclectic architectural skyline? Birmingham! Probably not every

My husband, John, decided that he wanted to visit the Haynes Motor Museum, located near the small village of Sparkford in Somerset. As a lad he and his mates had spent many happy hours tinkering with