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

(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,

York is an exhilarating city. Its year-round attractions and festivals can be enjoyed from New Year through to the Christmas markets. York Naburn Lock Caravan Park is an adults-only site, a very short