With the summer-long arts festival kicking off next week, singers, artists and curators share their favourite places in Newcastle and the wider region
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The best family days out in the UK for spring 2018
Looking for inspiration for Easter – and beyond? Here’s 25 places to visit, from new attractions to springtime gardens, adventure trails and, of course, egg hunts
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The joy of wild winter swimming
One brave swimmer is taking a dip a day throughout December in the rivers of Surrey and Berkshire, and finding ‘the nip of the water and the zing of a swim is quite addictive’
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Travels with my dad: a bothy-to-bothy hike in north Devon
The writer is keen to try a hiking route between two of the National Trust’s new camping bothies in north Devon, but is unsure how her recently retired father will take to staying in a ‘stone tent’
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A river-swimmer’s paradise in the heart of England
It may be plain old open-water swimming rather than a wild adventure but the tranquil rivers near Oundle and Olney, in the south Midlands, have plenty of pulling power
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UK road trip: Dorset to Cornwall
It’s golden beaches, epic views and fine seafood all the way along this lazy week-long route from the Jurassic Coast to foodie Falmouth
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‘Herefordshire is just as lovely as the Dordogne’
For author John Lewis-Stempel, winner of the Wainwright prize for nature writing, the county is heaven on Earth
