My second tee shot soared high and straight, then hurtled down towards the lake; a repeat of my first. I…

‘What are people in your country saying about Holland these days?’ one Dutch friend recently asked me. I hadn’t the…

Winter garden visiting is a solitary pastime, lending itself to the misanthrope, and is highly recommended. When it’s so cold…

Call me a trencherman or worse, but I tend to think of the Dordogne as a giant restaurant-cum-farm shop, set…