<p class="">Staying with a friend on St Martins in the Caribbean - nice thing to do - and now anyone else who fancies it can do the same thing because Captain Richard has his yacht on AirBnB</p>

<p class="">The Pig’s Nose at East Prawle in Devon has been voted the county’s best pub at this year’s Pub and Bar Awards - here journalist Martin Hesp recalls an article he wrote about one of his favourite watering holes several years ago - and article indeed which tells the tale of the one and only Pig’s Nose</p>

<p class="">Bob Bell continues his remarkable reflections of the Roomful of Blues Hot Little Mama Tour of 1981 when the band travelled the length and breadth of North America playing gigs at towns and cities large and small. In this episode Bob remembers characters such as Freddie Cisneros and long nights down by the bayou </p>

<p class="">John Hesp completes his marathon trek across the breadth of Scotland walking from coast to coast</p>

<p class="">John Hesp nears the end of his great march across Scotland from coast to coast</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his hike across Scotland from coast to coast…</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his march across the breadth of Scotland from one coast to the other</p>

<p class="">John Hesp keeps walking - right across Scotland from coast to coast.</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his big hike across Scotland from coast to coast</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his hike from one side of Scotland to the other in the TGO Challenge</p>

<p class="">John Hesp on his long hike across Scotland from coast to coast</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his fascinating account of hiking across the roof of Scotland</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his hike across the roof of Scotland on the TGO Challenge</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his walk acorss the roof of Scotland in the TGO Challenge</p>

<p class="">John Hesp continues his big hike across Scotland in this fascinating diary</p>

<p class="">The second in John Hesp’s hike across Scotland</p>

<p class="">Guest writer James Crowden reveals some little known facts about the West Country adventures enjoyed by The Romantic poets </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">James Crowden - poet, author and all-round splendid fellow - is celebrating the launch of his amazing book The Frozen River this week. This account of village life in the high Himalayas over 40 years ago is, I think, one of the finest tomes ever to come out of the English West Country</p>