Walk: a river runs through it

“ 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

Traces of a Roman fort and a grave with a poignant back story characterise this walk west of Skipton

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

This is the glacial valley no one’s heard of... Head to the South Pennines to explore both sides of this steep gulch between Burnley and Todmorden.

It is tempting to think of autumn and early winter as the time to stop touring for the winter and settle down to a few months of Barbados sun or watching Pointless, depending on budget. Certainly, no

We’d planned a weekend in Salisbury. However, my husband wasn’t convinced we’d arrive in time for lunch, so we took a scenic detour into the Hampshire town of Stockbridge. This introduced us to a deli