Driving through south-west Alabama on Route 84, a near 2,000-mile east-to-west highway, the emptiness is striking. Dense pine forest is broken by occasional wooden shotgun shacks and tiny churches set behind white picket fences. Even the roadkill is fascinating — armadillo, raccoon
As we stroll down the main street — where you can buy pasties the size of handbags — the mayor of Marazion, Derek Laity, says: ‘You can tell which houses are lived in by locals and which are holiday lets. The holiday
Some 100ft underground, waist-deep in water and enclosed in a cavernous chamber whose stalactites make it resemble a cathedral, I’m concerned. Then the lights go out. Where on Earth am I? The answer is the alluringly named Rio Secreto, a network of
There aren’t many canal holidays where you feel tempted to take a plunge over the side — then do. Not only is this canal a mile wide in parts but you can also swim in much of it since it’s perfectly clean
Stand on the secluded sandy beach in Happisburgh and you’ll be looking out across submerged Doggerland, an area that once connected Britain to mainland Europe. Rising sea levels in about 6500 BC reduced it to a series of low-lying islands before flooding
Watcombe hasn’t changed much since Isambard Kingdom Brunel fell in love with it 170 years ago. The little crescent of red sand framing a disc of turquoise sea is still backed by steep cliffs, with patches of rust-coloured rock poking through thick
Exploring the Lincolnshire Wolds – a bucolic landscape of weeping willow and rolling fields of wheat
Wonders of the Lincolnshire Wolds: Exploring a bucolic landscape of weeping willow, crab apple trees and rolling fields of wheat The Lincolnshire Wolds was declared an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty nearly 50 years ago Trails have been created to follow in
There’s a beautiful scene in Nomadland in which dawn comes up over a campsite where the protagonist, played by Frances McDormand, is working as a host. As she heads off to share her coffee with other campers, the camera lingers on the
Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said EU chiefs were open to exploring “flexibilities” but only if Downing Street publishes its plan to implement the protocol to avoid a hard border. He said if the UK delivers a clear road map setting out
George V considered Sandhaven, the beach at South Shields, the ‘finest’ anywhere. It is indeed a beautiful spot, with its rolling sand dunes, pleasant promenade and view of the River Tyne. There is an elemental rawness here. Gazing out from the end