August: late summer slows all life in the hills

Now the crowds have gone, Karen Youngs heads to the beach to enjoy the antics of some recent arrivals

WE CONTINUE OUR 40TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS BY HIGHLIGHTING OUR FAVOURITE WILDLIFE SPOTS ACROSS THE UK COMPILED BY LISA HARRIS

Meanderings we couldn’t fit into the issue, but which seemed terribly important at the time...

Coming up for air

A crack-of-dawn start is one way to avoid the crowds. But there’s another option that doesn’t need an alarm clock.

LIGHT is everything when it comes to taking pictures, and after weeks of nothing but drab greyness, the weather is set fair. In a quiet corner of our rambling garden, I have set up my small portable p