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Five dramatic walks in the South West

Authors of the Dozen Dramatic Walks series – which focuses on scenery-laden walks in the South West of England – share their ultimate top five walks in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset...

Alastair Sawday’s best places for luxury camping

Alastair Sawday is the go-to guide for characterful places to stay and Canopy & Stars is his carefully chosen collection of luxury camping spaces. They’ve just launched The 2012 Great British Adventure competition, which will send two lucky winners on a 1,270 mile trip through three countries in 10 days this summer. Naturally, there'll be a fair few eclectic beds to sleep in along the way.

To celebrate, Sawday has compiled this list of unusual and imaginative places to stay, so we can all wave ta-ta to our desks and set off, Hunters in hand, to off-the-wall accommodations in England’s less-trumpeted corners. 

Going wild at Go Ape!

So it seems that at 34 years old you are not too old to spend an afternoon swinging from trees in Swinley Forest...

A paddle into the wild on the River Arun

Commuting into London one morning I was presented with an idea that instantly struck me as brilliant: wild kayaking...

Crabs, wild ponies and piers in Suffolk

I haven't really explored this patch of England but was over the moon by what we discovered. We stayed in a little place near Stoven - it was called Piglet Cottage and backed onto a farm... 

A day at the Broads

 Having some cherished memories here as a young boy on family holidays, I was really looking forward to filming the final episode of England TV... You write the script at the Broads in Norfolk.

A family walk on the Sussex Downs

After spending some time arguing with the wife about where on the Downs we should go, and subsequently keying in ‘best walk South Downs’ (Google settled it once and for all) we decided to head for  Bignor Hill in West Sussex...

Christmas getaways

Check out our top five Christmas getaways complete with mulled wine, twinkling fairy lights and idyllic views...

A fisherman's tale

In my early to mid teenage years fishing was all I thought about. £5 a week pocket money was enough to buy all the sweetcorn, luncheon meat and bread I needed to go fishing every spare day. That is exactly what I did. In fact, I went fishing most nights too.