“it’s really important to me that people are safe in the water’”

For those dreaming of the joys of owning a yacht, Nick Ridley offers encouragement as well as a look at the harsher reality of financing your dreams

FROM late November until Christmas Eve, I become an Elf on The Santa Specials at Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway. “Trains roll into Princes Risborough station with a team of Elves on board, oft

Volunteer Rebecca Cook brings some Christmas cheer to lonely people

Cassie Malson-Dixon reports back from Pembrokeshire where it was only girls allowed on an all-female shark hunting expedition

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

Far from being a lightweight trailer sailer, Nic Compton finds the third version of this modern classic to be a serious little cruising boat capable of handling far more than a little creek crawling