WITH an 11-year old son addicted to swimming, my family often travel Britain as we drive him to galas around the country.

FROM tackling and gibing to trying bowlines there’s more to sailing than just lazing on deck, as novice Bob Smith finds out on a learn-to-sail weekend in Plymouth Sound.

AFTER being stored away for the past five months, rods and reels are appearing for the trout fishing season.

FOR those self-confessed landlubbers why not try and discover your sea legs on a sailing holiday?

WITH Hallowe'en looming, Andrew Eames plucks up the courage to go where few locals dare to tread - across the wilds of Dartmoor in the middle of the night....

IT was a slightly surreal start to the weekend.