Dog days

If there’s anything more joyful than making a visit to the coast in any season, it has to be heading there with your beloved dog

Few locations in the UK offer a dog-friendly beach with a castle in the background, quite like Bamburgh Beach. The sandy dunes, which span over one mile, can be found 18 miles from Alnwick, and allows

“ 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

From cosy country hotels to far-flung paradise retreats, these GH -tested and approved spas will deliver the me-time you deserve

A Blencathra bitch is champion for the third year running, and there’s emotion round the ring when a Cumbria beagle takes the supreme

A disused pub struck lucky when Alastair Humphries took it on, breathing new life into its empty rooms and furnishing it with an intriguing mix of antique finds