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Travel: Taking food seriously in Somerset Sep 14 2011

MAKING your own pasta is a tricky business – may as well just open a packet of the dried stuff and be done. Right?Read

Travel: The best of British in Scarborough Sep 07 2011

This year’s Royal Wedding has left us with a sense of nostalgia and love of all things British, so why not revisit old childhood haunts instead of heading abroad for your autumn or winter break?Read

Travel: Memories are made of this... Aug 31 2011

‘‘DADDY, can we go in the big swimming pool?’’ asks our toddler George as we park up for a day in the sun.Read

Travel: Looe gets seal of approval Aug 24 2011

NELSON the one-eyed grey seal was a familiar sight in Looe harbour for more than 20 years.Read

Travel: Quiz may not have been our strong point, but having fun certainly was... Aug 17 2011

WHAT do Red Rum and Black Beauty have in common?’Read

Travel: Going loopy for rollercoasters Aug 17 2011

IT WAS a tough job – but someone had to do it.Read

Travel the Wolds on a 5-day cycle Aug 10 2011

THERE is now a new and exciting way to explore some of the UK’s most beautiful countryside – The Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.Read

Travel: A surprising new view of Blackpool Aug 03 2011

EVERY man and his dog is familiar with the traditional Blackpool.Read

Help Sherlock solve mystery at Ironbridge Jul 27 2011

AMATEUR sleuths and budding private detectives can help Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve a mysterious crime, which has taken place at Blists Hill Victorian Town in the Ironbridge Gorge.Read

Escape to the country at the Rees' retreat in Pembrokeshire Jul 27 2011

IT was 1974 that proved to be a pivotal year for John and Paula Rees. Up until that time John had worked in the family ironmongery business in West Bromwich. But circumstances forced a change of direction and, during a trip to Pembrokeshire, which held ancestral ties for the Rees family, they discovered Rogeston Cottages.Read

Travel: It was just another day in paradise Jul 13 2011

FOR many of us in the Midlands Cornwall is synonymous with the coast, ice creams on the beach and fish and chips by the sea.Read

Travel: Frightening? Don't make me laugh..! Jul 13 2011

I’M GOING to let you into a secret – my husband’s a scaredy cat.Read

Travel: Churchill War Rooms are a treasure trove for us and for future generations Jul 06 2011

ON THE eve of D-Day King George VI penned a note to wartime prime minister Winston Churchill. In his looping handwriting under the royal crest, the monarch told Churchill he had been thinking over their recent conversation and had decided it would not be a good idea for either of the men to be present at the Normandy landings.Read

Travel: All aboard for high adventure Jun 15 2011

THEY had told me it would be relaxing. I had visions of chugging along sun-dappled canals, floating effortlessly on gently rippling waters.Read

Travel: Going all lovey Dovey over a natural beauty Jun 15 2011

The green green grass of a stunning corner of far west Wales is gaining nature notoriety on BBC2’s Springwatch this month.Read

Travel: Cornwall's Dr Dolittle at Feadon Farm Jun 01 2011

HERE’S something you don’t see every day – a fox taking food from the outstretched hand of a toddler.Read

Travel: Through the arch window... May 25 2011

THE Cloisters Restaurant at the Nutfield Priory Hotel and Spa in Surrey was once a place where gentle folk paused in the corridors, while taking in the lovely views of the Surrey and Sussex countryside beyond.Read

Travel: Hartwell has a tale to tell May 18 2011

STEPPING into Hartwell House is like stepping on to the set of a period drama.Read

Travel: Peckforton is the enchanted Castle May 04 2011

AS enchanting as the climb up the secluded tree-lined winding lane to Peckforton Castle is, it cannot begin to prepare you for the medieval treasure that finally awaits at its end.Read

Travel: Making up for lost time with taste of home Apr 20 2011

WHAT is the favourite part of your family holiday adventures?Read

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