Go wild in spring… the vale of pewsey

In an ordinary county in the English Midlands, one writer found and shared the extra ordinary.

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

This trip is confusing me. One moment I feel like I’m in New Zealand, surrounded by dense tree ferns in a damp and mossy glade above a waterfall. A couple of hours later I’m bombarded by ker-chings of

■Distance: 4½ miles/7km ■Time: 3 hours ■Grade: Easy ...

Danny and James head South West on a marvellous museum safari

With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May