I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the

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Jim Perrin pens a paean to a famous place of threshold for climbers, equally beloved of coastal walkers: the cliffs of Gogarth and Holyhead

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Artist and designer Luke Edward Hall explains why the Cotswolds is an area that holds a special place in his heart

“And from the castle in the water meadow ...