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A peak performer: Simon Calder climbs aboard the Welsh Highland Railway
A new section of the dramatic Welsh Highland Railway opens this week – and with rolling stock as impressive as the views, it's not to be missed
Inside UK
Pack up your troubles and head for the hills
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Derry has risen above its bloody past to become a shortlisted bidder for UK City of Culture in 2013. David Ryan biked its back roads
Location, location, location: after watching the film, now visit the set
Sunday, 9 May 2010
About Britain
On The Road: The marvels of modern rock art on Dorset's Jurassic Coast
Saturday, 8 May 2010
I love a good pebble. Smooth to the touch and totally individual. They've become synonymous with calm: used in Zen gardens, wallpaper on iPhones and by designers on tablemats to bring the outside in. In Lyme Regis, there's a whole beach of them. And on this beach I found Adrian Gray (pictured above) engrossed in the fine art of stone balancing. Not just pebbles in this case, but huge, back-wrenching stones that he somehow rests on one another at incredible angles. It really is a case of "how does he do that?". Is it sticky tape, magic or spiritualism? Well none of these. As Adrian says: "It's a paradox of fragility and solidity. These are really heavy stones, balanced in a very, very fragile way. It's the illusionary quality that makes it so magical. Your brain is telling you that's not possible, while your eyes say it is."
Slow London: 10 ways to take your time in the capital
Saturday, 8 May 2010
The slow movement is gaining ground for city-break visitors
Celtic Grand Tour brought back to life
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Walk of the Month: The Cambrian mountains: Created during the Napoleonic wars, the vast Hafod estate fell on hard times. But Mark Rowe finds its fortunes are being revived
The 50 best gardens
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Inspiring, uplifting, educational or simply gorgeous, Victoria Summerley andMichelle Chapman unearth the nation’s horticultural hotspots this spring
Saunton Sands: A board meeting with a difference
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Family holidays and surfing do mix in North Devon, says Richard Waters
Lost in the Western Isles
Saturday, 1 May 2010
In the paw prints of a dog called Reubs, Lucy Gillmore hikes the Uists and Barra
The Lake District: a trip back in time
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Everyone has a favourite family-holiday memory from the Lake District. Here’s mine: seven years old and in short trousers, I’m skimming stones on the shore of Lake Windermere, dreaming of my next ice cream and dreading the day we have to go home. I remember it even today thanks to a set of grainy, Seventies photos my mother still keeps in a draw.
Something British to declare: Bournemouth; how to walk; North Wales; East London Line
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Today Bournemouth becomes the latest destination on the Greyhound bus network from London Victoria.
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