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

With dedicated bike paths and pretty terrain, Île de Ré is the perfect place for a beginner-friendly cycling holiday, discovers Alicia Miller

Who hasn’t dreamt of sailing around the Caribbean in a private yacht? Well, I’ve found a way to get the experience without having to become – or befriend – a millionaire. I booked on to a week-long cr

Luperon Bay in Puerto Plata is a strategic ...

After several incidents on recent holidays, we were apprehensive about our next trip. Normally, we’d be looking forward to a relaxed, straightforward caravan holiday. Could we have a carefree tour thi

Fitting-out time is here again. Because I winter up in the Baltic where the sea still sometimes freezes, my season doesn’t really start until May. It was different when I berthed my 22ft wooden sloop