Rothay Manor – good for Food Walking Dogs The Lake District has romance stitched into its reputation: those winsome trees perched atop a rocky outcrop stir even the stultified into creativity. There are the Poets, of course, although I have always found them a little more sapping than spiriting. And…
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Tackling The Mont Blanc Massif
The Midi téléphérique lifts you from ‘chic’ Chamonix into one of the most savage but beautiful mountain wildernesses on the planet: the Mont Blanc massif. I once overheard a member of the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix explain “nowhere are such mountains so readily reached. They have no competitors outside…
Kirnan Estate: a bespoke sporting bolthole
THERE are some reasons to turn left when you get to Glasgow, and eschew the well-trodden A9 north. Keep driving west, skirt Loch Fyne and keep the coast in sight, up and over the old bridge at Inveraray, and you finally reach a corner of Argyllshire that can lay claim…
Six spectacular south west properties for sale now
The Field selects the very best properties on the market in Devon now. From nearby coastlines to magnificent histories and careful restorations, our pick features a 19th century Dartmoor house and a cottage along the Salcombe sea wall with fantastic views across the estuary. For more of the best properties…
Be a wine tourist in the Douro Valley
There are few wine regions I look forward to visiting quite as much as I do Porto and the Douro Valley. The wine, of course, is unique, be it a nutty, raisiny, tawny port, an easy-drinking ruby, a full-blown vintage or simply a Porto Tónico (white port and tonic, than…
Fly-fishing for golden dorado on the Amazon
He erupted from the river with sunset on his sides and tail, and the ferocity of an attack dog on a very short leash. For a moment I could not imagine taming this wild creature, but he came to hand and all I could think was that this was one of…
Shoot wild partridge in Portugal
There is more to Portugal than golf, take a cheap flight to enjoy fantastic wild partridge shooting.
Fishing in the Pyrenees
Casting for trout in the Pyrenees is a hidden gem in Europes fishing crown
Salmon fishing on the Kola Peninsula
There's only one Kola Peninsula - and you can't beat it for salmon rivers teeming with whoppers. Even a novice can catch a 38-pounder!