your chin on a wild night, imagining the raging Atlantic waves exploding over sea-cliffs just a few miles blackberry conserve will bring scented memories of late summer fields and hedges throughout the winter months A Somerset Blackberry Pudding It was basically a Yorkshire pudding filled to the brim, spotted dick-style Ingredients 100g plain flour 2 large eggs 300ml milk Pinch of salt 2 tbsp butter or beef dripping 200g Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, eggs, milk, and salt to make a smooth batter.

It’s pouring with rain here in South West England and, for a moment, I find myself dreaming of the Caribbean St George's, Grenada, in the early 2000s The south of the island is where much of the visitor activity It is a long sweep of pale sand on the south-west coast, backed by hotels, restaurants and beach businesses wandering through the market and being shown where I could buy a freshly made roti, a Caribbean curry-filled The wetter months bring greener landscapes but also require greater awareness of tropical weather and

Rarely have I driven the 53 miles from my home especially to visit Appledore, and Appledore alone - but North Cornwall, and been tempted to leave the A39 at the Northam-Bideford roundabout to drive the two miles out that, as humble byways go, Irsha Street is a lovely lane that stretches for an impressive half-mile Views Not surprising, I guess, given its proximity to one of the most impressive estuary systems in the South It lies just a few miles from Bideford, Instow and the seaside resort of Westward Ho!

Give me a good quality German sausage and a large glass filled and frothing with a proper Pilsner, and You might prefer a warming hot chocolate or mulled wine - whatever your tipple, European-style Christmas They offer a great deal more in the way of Yuletide atmosphere than, say, a chain store in a shopping mall stalls, does a good job, as do many of the other Christmas markets I’ve visited across the greater South As will the collective Christmas markets 100 miles away in Bern.

giant Butlin holiday camp, despite the reality that the seaside town has a backdrop of some of the best hill Most of the Engadine is filled with alpine countryside that has not changed much in a century. didn’t go there for winter sports, which is when the whole glitzy ski-world in this remote part of south with our excellent guide Wolfgang on a local bus to the village of Maloja Posta – which is about 10 miles We strolled about 14 miles in warm sunshine, amid scenery that was so beautiful it almost made our eyes

After indulging in all that last month, I thought it was time to write about vegetarian food. Imagine whacking great big salads filled to the brim with nourishment from the garden! All those un-ecological food miles that the tomatoes have flown, and all those poly-tunnels where artificial

So, if I did not queue for hours or book months ahead to go to the opera, what else did I do in Vienna We filled our three days from morning, noon, until very late at night. and Buschenschank delicacies from local producers, with stunning views over the city from Nussberg hill enjoying a wonderful tasting with old Mr Wieninger who told us his family had ben making wine on the hill We then worked-off the booze by hiking all the way down the hill and back into the outskirts of Vienna

along here – the cliff edges are deceptive and the trust says that there have been times when a dog a month off the end of the peninsula, is yet another old outpost of the hills.  To the south Bridgwater Bay curves past the nuclear power station at Hinkley. Across the channel you can see all the landmarks of the South Wales coast and, immediately north of Brean Distance and going: just under four miles, steep at the start, the rest is easy going.

The air is filled with mesmerising sounds of chanting, drums, horns and bells, particularly during the and happiest bunch I’ve encountered anywhere in the world, making it hard to believe that they were killing It was a blisteringly hot Sunday morning and this coastal site was filled with local folk who’d come Donkeys of Mannar Peninsula The flat northwest coast (famed for its delicious red shrimp) stretches 50 miles south of Jaffna down to the Mannar Peninsula, Sri Lanka’s closest point to its giant neighbour, India

A Quiet Alternative to Tenerife You only have to look a few miles across the ocean from its precipitous dominated by the mighty Caldera de Taburiente, the largest erosion crater in the world measuring six miles Island’s Unique Ecosystem Even my teenager daughter, who is usually awed only by views of shopping malls Banana Plantations and Volcanic Landscapes in the South Walkers set off for a hike in western La Palma But it is bananas that La Palma goes bananas about nowadays, which takes us to the remote south west

out to Rame Head is wonderfully wild and scenic - indeed, it is hard to imagine you are just a few miles Cawsand is a jewel of a village tucked in a delightful bay which is just inside the gulf created by the mouth Five sixths of it is by the sea while the final furlong takes you inland over the hill back to where that this may have originally run down to the sort of small coastal fields that you find all along the south I’d love to find out more about the south-facing, seaside fields of Devon and Cornwall as I find the

volcanic peak of Mount Pelée looms above rainforest-cloaked ravines and dark sand beaches; down in the south Location: Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands (nestled between Dominica to the north and Saint Lucia to the south Volcanic and mountainous in the north (dominated by Mount Pelée, 1,397m), transitioning to rolling hills , mangrove inlets, and white-sand beaches in the south.