Exploring the waterways between Oxford and the London suburbs - it can be done in day trips by train or express bus from all the towns enroute. The route is split into 14 stages, which can be completed one at a time or as a round trip.

It had begun as a mere inkling, popping up on the train as it passed through the West Country. But it had matured into trepidation as the ferry set off from Plymouth and across the Tamar. This would be my first visit to Cornwall for more than 15 years. Would it still be as special? Would it still be the same?

John and Mandy, recent retirees from the USA, share a few diary extracts from their month spent car-free walking around Cheltenham. "So, in the end, I walk 12.8 miles. From our place in Cheltenham, I walk through the town, up and over the hills and into the town of Winchcombe. I like Winchcombe so much that it’s now on our schedule for thi