Take journeys by boat, bus and on foot to reach the point where the Hardangerfjord meets the Hardangervidda

It’s going to be a good year for us.”

Barcelona (it's between Valencia and Alicante and takes 6–7 hours by train from Barcelona), but can be a good

trains (from France) pull into Gare des Eaux-Vives, just to the south-west of the centre, which also has good

computer-controlled stargazing devices, I can tell you there’s something rather eerie about a spyglass that knows its location “Show us the moon, HAL,” we said, as we typed the location into the handset, and it calmly slewed round We plied the log burner with wood, slow-cooked a sausage stew and listened to the rain on the roof, more

) – as the local dialect describes them – agree on; the Isle of Wight has a range of landscapes much Google map: shows the location and details of all the places to stay, local food and drink, nearby visitor food & drink Yellow = Attractions Purple = Activities Activities in the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight From food trails on foot to speed-dating strolls, nature trails and a ramble between the island’s carnival food and drink, nearby visitor attractions and activities, see our Green Traveller's Guide to the Isle

But I hadn't enjoyed a new sport so much in ages, and the dip in the sea at the end had never felt so good One of the charms of Naxos and the Small Cyclades is that good old-fashioned island hopping is the only islands have escaped the package-tour-and-boutique-hotel syndrome that has affected other Greek islands – good There are no schedules or timetables here: the boat goes when it’s full (a good excuse for us to grab

the northern hills), and the surrounding area (including the neighbouring beach resorts), there is a good

At Warton Crag and Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve, the limestone is sheer and formidable; home to circling landscape, but rewind only a hundred or so years and all this would have been drained farmland – known locally cacophony of squabbling black headed gulls, you can see marsh harriers performing acrobatic mid-air food Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve There’s something delightfully eerie about the footpath to Trowbarrow Seeking out butterflies at Arnside Knott The Knott is a popular spot with locals and visitors, but with

Bales farmed further inland before they ran this business and they have a tremendous knowledge of the local Their food is locally-sourced or homemade, and they are great examples of the notion that the most important courses in textiles, woodworking and much else besides, arrange fossil walks, produce cook books (for local many ups and downs – several ascents of Everest worth on the whole route; I feel I earned my delicious locally-sourced Ilchester Arms at Symondsbury that night – and the 'beer miles' were very low too, with some of the local

We looked along the sturdy wall to our right, a model of good construction with larger pieces of limestone the theory you start sorting the walling material into groups: large through stones, big stones for footings And then you’re taken through the building process, from laying footings to placing the cope stones at

our Green Traveller's Guide to Northumberland National Park, Jo Keeling explores Hadrian’s Wall by foot The origins of this pub’s name are somewhat woolly – one story links it back to Yorkist foot soldiers I drop down into Sycamore Gap, well-known as the place a quick-footed Kevin Costner saves a young lad

The action isn’t all on foot.

Punctuated by craggy cliffs, sandy beaches and the wooded shores of the Menai Strait, no wonder it's I'm content to continue on foot, passing the RSPB seabird centre at Ellin's Tower that offers terrific

and snow capped peaks of Las Alpujarras with its white-walled villages huddled like sheep into the folds

You have a choice of pitstops: afternoon tea at the Old Post Office Tea Room or a pint at the wood-clad Wheatsheaf Inn, which has been welcoming guests since 1609 - first as a farmhouse providing meals to local

Benedictine monastery was established and relics of the saint fetched from southern Italy, pilgrims began to flood

Inside Out Dorset stages its events in inspiring Dorset locations and in 2014 one of its most spectacular

I love Ordnance Survey maps – the unmanageable size, the colours, the impossibility of folding, the tiny

excellent transport links from the rest of the UK), Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park has good Glasgow is located closer to the National Park, however services from both cities (and central/northern If you want to bring your two-wheeled friend along, all mainline train services (and many local ones) To do this, you can either call the train operator, or head to your local railway station’s ticket office National Park’s useful visitor centres – where you can also stock up on expert advice from friendly locals

rocky crossing to car-free Bardsey Island, just off the Llŷn peninsula, to enjoy some birdwatching and local The houses straggle along an unpaved track at the foot of the ‘mountain’, facing meadows and fields to A little wood mouse peeped out from sweet-smelling bracken and I thought I heard the strange calls of The bird observatory offers good value accommodation for those who don’t want to rent a whole house. That evening we dined on some of it – crab caught by local fishermen and served up in a delicious salad

Here, I know, crossbills and siskins feed, and goshawks may hunt; though I’m alert, the wood’s avian was formed by spring sapping – or, should you choose to believe the favourite legend, the result of local On a chilly evening, the wonderfully snug, flagstoned bar, with its wood-burning stove and comfy sofas Breakfast is a showcase of local talent: kippers and salmon smoked nearby, free-range eggs laid nearby Inntravel is a lauded local tour operator with a strong green ethos, and offers a fine three-day self-guided

Inntravel's Across the Roof of Europe Here are Richard's updates from the trip (nb. all timings are local to to Meirangan to catch the train to Lucerne. 11am Train to Interlaken then Meirangan to catch the local train to the Aareschlucht Gorge - as suggested by Anthony Lambert (see comment at the foot of this page The journey up to Gornergratt departs from the centre of Zermatt (at the foot of the town's main thoroughfare wheel), Andermatt, Brig (the centre of German-speaking Valais) and finally it passes through wild larch woods

sustainable-built, dismountable structure with a blanket-warmed double futon, a camping stove and a wood-burning Graig Wen’s owner, Sarah Heyworth, arrives with a whicker basket of essential utensils and local goodies – local honey, Welshcakes and a bottle of Purple Moose ale from a local microbrewery, amongst them. The pub majors on locally sourced produce with mains around £12.

initiatives, and authentic community projects worldwide that genuinely contribute to the livelihoods of local