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Dramatic impact: The TR2 at Plymouth's Theatre Royal

Plymouth...a pearl on the seashore

Nick Coleman: The Devon port prepares for a big music festival but it's the modern buildings in Drake's hometown that catch the eye.

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On The Road: Give me cool, refreshing Scotland over St-Tropez

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Scooting along the loch on a speedboat complete with white leather upholstered seats, I would have been feeling really smug if it weren't for the fact that my hand had nearly frozen to my glass of champagne. As we raced past the flooded seaplane platform, it occurs to me that this kind of transport is fine in St-Tropez, but in Scotland, in winter, it's perhaps a little inappropriate.

Let the river be your guide to this lonely valley

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Walk of the Month: A walk through Weardale reveals two distinct characters. Mark Rowe reports

The Scottish isle of simple pleasures

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Author Lennox Morrison on the Hebridean island that will bring out your inner child

Best for a Highland fling: Scotland

Saturday, 6 February 2010

The rain lashed against the windscreen and all I could see was the headlights' feeble beam on the dry stone walls and ghostly lichen-crusted trees that bordered the slick lanes. We were heading north from Inverness, somewhere on the borders of Ross-shire and Sutherland, home to verse-inspiring scenery, but I couldn't see a bloody thing. I coaxed the car on and up. "Drive to Ardgay and turn left at the phone box in nine miles", read the directions and, just as we were thinking we had to be on the wrong road, there was the red box. A left turn, more wet miles, and on to an unmade track. Finally we had arrived at Alladale. The lodge loomed, grey and shadowy like Baskerville Hall and through the deluge we saw the door creak open to reveal ... a very nice man who loaded our three-course dinner in his Land Rover and escorted us to our bed for the night.

Friend, not enema – spa life the easy way

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Nicola Sturzaker takes a spa break at Grayshott and finds more gain than pain

Five spots for winter rambles

Monday, 18 January 2010

Nothing beats a good, blustery winter walk followed by some reheating by a real fire. Here are five spots to get the blood flowing...

Galaxy Quest: The search for Britain’s darkest skies

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Light pollution is a modern scourge. Simon Usborne discovers where can we go to enjoy the sky at night.

100 holiday ideas for 2010: Staycations

Sunday, 3 January 2010

Reach for the stars this year at Galloway Forest Park, in south-west Scotland, just named the first Dark Sky Park in the UK (visitscotland.com/whitestars) by the International Dark Sky Association. Its 300sq-miles has so few buildings within its boundary that light pollution is at a minimum, making it one of the best locations for stargazing in the world.

A new departure for the New Forest

Saturday, 2 January 2010

Lime Wood, The New Forest, Hampshire

The 50 best winter walks

Saturday, 26 December 2009

From tough treks along wild Scottish trails, to relaxing strolls down the lanes and meadowsof the Home Counties, Lucy Gillmore presents the experts’ rambling recommendations

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