Sailing the shipping forecast

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

Can you really only visit Scilly in light winds?

Simon Ellis completes the final leg of his three-month sabbatical cruise along the South Coast of England

A demanding adventure that sees teams sail the west coast of Scotland stopping so crew runners race up the peaks of Mull, Jura and Arran. Charles Warlow and family take on the challenge

IS the success of a holiday all down to the weather? It certainly is when you are in the Hebrides, though we always go well prepared for the worst, and take lots of books too so that after wet walks w