Travel in the footsteps of literature and take a trip to the gorgeous Scottish Borders in the South of Scotland. A wonderful guide to gorgeous estates to valleys, lochs, graveyards, towns and restaurants, including author Sir Walter Scott’s home Abbotsford.

Walk into Wuthering Heights at East Riddlesden Hall in Yorkshire. For the TV adaptation they used movie magic to place the building in the middle of the moors, but you can visit it yourself in Keighley.

Welcome to the first in a series of guides for those of you who can’t drive but are eager to explore the English countryside. For many years I thought it was extremely difficult to do, except for visiting towns that had a train station, but the more I tried, the more possibilities I discovered!

It will come as no surprise that I love a good indie bookshop. I lived in East London for my first 5 years in London, and managed to spot plenty of gems in that time.