I’m concentrating on hiking in Britain where I’ve decided there are fundamentally two different types of hikers. Identifying which is which can be achieved by asking just one question.
Three days into the route, I concluded we had made an error of judgement in our fitness levels, and I was seriously considering giving up.
One case of blocked path on someone’s land might be an oversight. Two or more cases feels like a deliberate attempt to deter walkers.
The Blue Ball Inn was everything we hoped for from a country pub. It’s a 13th-century coaching inn on the edge of the moors and close to the coast.
Set in 50 acres of rolling Somerset countryside, Hestercombe House and Gardens is a feast for the senses at any time of year.
The path follows the winding course of the river upstream, the sunlight piercing the forest canopy to add sparkle to gurgling waters that cascade downriver, sometimes meandering slowly, pausing in glassy pools
Apart from being one of the most beautifully sited locations in the UK, Salcombe is also the most expensive place to own property…
Follow in the footsteps of one of our greatest Romantic poets on The Coleridge Way – 51 miles through Somerset & Devon.
According to local folklore, a mighty dragon once terrorised the people of Somerset, its huge, winged frame darkening the skies between Wells, Dinder, and Shepton Mallet
The first obstacle to walking the South West Coast Path east from Salcombe is the Kingsbridge Estuary. For newby visitors, the obvious ferry to head to is at Whitestrand car park, but