I HAVE been going to Cornwall on holiday for about 30 years, always to the same area around Land’s End and always with the same sense of excitement.

WE HEAR them long before we see them. Into the pre-dawn half-light erupts an extraordinary, drawn-out groan, harsh and amazingly loud in the dawn silence of Exmoor.

TYPE the words “Soar Mill Cove” into an internet search engine and you’re likely to get around 28,000 hits – a remarkable amount, considering it’s a hidden gem, tucked away in south Devon.

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.