Like to talk while you walk? Then get together with fellow hikers at one of these festivals across the country
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Family cycling trails in the UK: readers’ tips
What better way to explore the UK than on a bike ride? From Morecambe Bay to the Mendips, here are our readers’ favourite family cycle trails
Six of Britain’s best ‘spring heartland’ walks
The entire British landscape is reborn in spring.
TripAdvisor crowns Bournemouth the UK’s best beach
The south coast town’s golden sands have been ranked as the best in the country in TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice awards – and the fifth-best in Europe
The best family-friendly museums in the UK
Science, technology, art or history … readers recommend fun and educational museums around the country in time for half-term
Grizzlies and a ghostly paddle in Canada – in pictures
Three images from the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia
Hut stuff: Bournemouth’s new beach lodges
The seaside resort has re-imagined the classic British beach hut as a chic bolthole that makes for an idyllic family break
A decade of award-winning British landscape photography – in pictures
A new book brings together the UK’s greatest landscape photographers, who have captured everything from violent seas to tranquil mountains
Skipping around the windmill
The concept of the Village Idiot is a long-held tradition that was refined to its highest degree in rural Somerset in the 1300s. At that time the position of Village Idiot was an official job title and had a salary, though it was paid in acorns. Both men and women could apply for the roleContinue reading “Skipping around the windmill”
10 of the best British farm attractions
Easter’s not complete without lambs and chicks, and the UK’s family-friendly farm attractions are geared up for the school holidays, with events from rides and races to bottle feeding
