On reflection

OCCASIONALLY on rural roads you’ll see cones and a sign proclaiming, Hedge cutting in progress. Sure enough, a little further on you’ll find a tractor with a fearsome looking attachment giving the hed

Fitting-out time is here again. Because I winter up in the Baltic where the sea still sometimes freezes, my season doesn’t really start until May. It was different when I berthed my 22ft wooden sloop

I was 17, a trainee surveyor earning £5 a week. Faced with a week’s leave without much cash to spend, I decided to try hitchhiking with my mate Gordon. We started at the gates of Liverpool’s Stanley A

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St Patrick’s Way winds through the mercurial scenery of Northern Ireland, visiting the places linked to Ireland’s patron saint. Ailsa Sheldon sets out to explore its highlights by foot, bike and canoe

Thanks to a pair of eagle-eyed dog walkers, ...