Crossing borders

Chris Bertram returns from Nova Scotia convinced it is home to the greatest long weekend a British golfer can have

Tony Moss and his wife Marike cross the North Sea to sail around Britain anticlockwise, braving the Scottish summer along the way

You wake up in your campervan, with rolling hills outside your curtains. Coffee in hand and the scent of warm croissants drifting across the campsite, you consult the map spread across your lap and dr

(whatever your budget!)

Once a key battleground for British colonialists, this historic Canadian town is now a charming base for visiting the nearby famous falls

Paris to Tokyo. Budget-ish airlines will fly you for as little as 300 quid. Although for that price you get a free 20 hour stopover and an imprint of your seat neighbour’s elbow in your ear lobe. Or,