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England, Scotland and Wales | Martin O'Brien

There was never a country so built for the senses as Britain. The skirl and wheeze of a lonely bagpipe drifting down a Scottish glen; the tug of a Hampshire trout stream pummelling at your waders

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Gower - Outstanding Natural Beauty | Richard Binns | United Kingdom, Wales, Gower

Richard Binns writes on the glories of Gower - and for other great articles on special landscapes around the world and areas of outstanding natural beauty

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London Calling | Kamin Mohammadi | United Kingdom, London, London

The history of cool Britannia, as told by one who saw the fading days of punk, the Day-Glo ‘80s, Chelsea Girls, the rise of Kate and Sienna—only to come full circle and find herself, once again, rifling the racks at Topshop

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Northumberland | Anthea Gerrie | United Kingdom, Northumbria, Newcastle

A few miles away sits one of Britain’s most famous attractions, the great wall built by the Romans in the second century to protect their empire from the unvanquishable Picts

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Sea Change: Cornwall | Mark Jolly | United Kingdom, Devon and Cornwall, Cornwall

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the following four words: Chic English Seaside Vacation?

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The North Devon Coastal Path | Andrew Eames | United Kingdom, Devon and Cornwall, Devon

The cliffs look like shoulders of land who've rolled up their sleeves and plunged their arms deep into the water to rifle through the pockets of dead mariners lying below

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Walking the Walls of York | Bruce Holmes | United Kingdom, Yorkshire, York

As a medieval bowman you stand within the defences of Walmgate Bar while York is besieged. Defenders breach the outer edge of the barbican and you know now that they are in range of your arrows.

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