An estate of your own

The Editor enjoys days with trout and nights in an old oak at a famous Westcountry fishing hotel

Rob Hardy enjoys atmospheric salmon fishing at a welcoming family-run estate

River, meadow and wood converge around an old mill in Hampshire, where changing vistas create a bond between garden and landscape

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

Nets to over 100lb are commonplace at the stunning Foulridge Reservoir

As their name implies, writes Fin Wilson, the Sweethope Loughs in Northumberland fill trout-fishers with anticipation