My seven-country campervan holiday with my adult daughter took us back to her childhood trib.al/nYlkqxG

'Shh, don't tell anyone. I think you might like Corrèze. And you won't want anyone else to know.' Feature on the magnificent Corrèze department in #France for France Today Aug/Sep issue, out now. #travel

Here's one of our magnificent old #oak #trees in centuries-old #woodland on our #Oxfordshire #Cotswolds farm. Trunk & limbs that keep climbing up and up. Alongside, field maple. Both indicator species of ancient woodland; there are 14 indicator species in all throughout the wood.

The Craftsmen Protecting Cognac - feature for Taste of France magazine about the wonderful Tonnellerie Allary in #Charente, a cooperage making barrels to protect some of the world's top wines, and local #cognac. A fascinating place to visit. #France

Wondering where to go for a summer holiday? Route 26 of Camping Road Trips UK (30 adventures with your #campervan, #motorhome or #tent) visits Northern Ireland to go #walking in the extraordinary Mourne Mountains and Ring of Gullion AONB. #camping #roadtrip #nature #outdoors

The home-grown sweet peas are coming. First few stems. Summer isn't summer without the overwhelming scent of sweet peas. #sweetpeas #summer #gardens #gardening #cotswolds

Route7 of Camping Road Trips #France & Germany (30 adventures with your #campervan, #motorhome or tent) is fabulous for #summer, touring the Atlantic coast around #Normandy & #Brittany, with beautiful sandy #beaches, rocky clifftops, pretty towns & more. #summerholiday #roadTrip

That makes 28 species of #butterfly now recorded on our #Oxfordshire #Cotswolds farm & the second 'new' species this year. A magical sighting of a dark green fritillary last night enjoying field scabious & red clover in one of our hay meadows. #naturefriendlyfarming #Butterflies

Route 14 from the award-winning Camping Road Trips UK (30 adventures with your #campervan, #motorhome or #tent) visits South Wales, including the gorgeous Gower Peninsula and Black Mountain. #camping #roadTrip #traveladventure #Wales #campsites

On assignment in the pretty Garden of England, #Kent. First stop, The Flower Farm at Denstroude growing #flowers for self-pick customers. A lovely way to spend Sunday full of colour and beauty, and avoid buying imported bunches of supermarket flowers. #shoplocal Visit Kent

Plenty of vibrant colour to brighten up leaden skies Goodnestone Park Gardens in east #Kent. Fifteen acres of gardens including woodland, walled kitchen gardens + permissive footpaths in the wider estate to enjoy. The hydrangeas are an ethereal blue right now. #gardens #gardening

Fabulous day spent in #Kent at Brogdale Collections, home of the National Fruit Collection. On a guided tour with an expert agronomist to see the research #orchards (the only way to see them), & let loose in the heritage orchards for PYO plums from hundreds of varieties. Heaven.

In homage to its 'Garden of England' surroundings, the Canterbury Camping & Caravanning Club Site has a plentiful supply of apples, pears and plums growing at the #campsite. Only a 30-minute walk or 10-min bus ride to the city centre. #camping #Canterbury #Kent The C&CC

Amid the vines in the Wine Garden of England, tasting the first edition English sparkling wine of Domaine Evremond, an Anglo-French collaboration between premium wine specialist Hatch Mansfield & Champagne Taittinger. What a way to spend a summer afternoon in #Kent. #winelovers

Sent a photo from Bears Ice-Cream Imaginarium to my daughter who told me it was 'outrageous' but only because she was unable to have one. So pleased to have visited foodie #Whitstable, which also required a visit to the fabulous Whitstable Harbour Gin, The Cheese Box & more. #Kent

Brunch in Wild Goose at the fabulous The Goods Shed, #Canterbury. In place of imported 'smashed avocado' are British 'crushed peas', minted with poached eggs on sourdough from the deli adjacent. Utterly delicious. A great finish to my foodie tour of #Kent. #shoplocal #eatlocal

It's the final weekend to get out for the #BigButterflyCount and help take nature's pulse 🦋 You don't need to be an expert to make a big difference for butterflies and moths. All you need is 15 mins, a spot of sunshine and patience! …erflycount.butterfly-conservation.org 📷: pallantmedical

Thank you Waterstones #Canterbury for stocking not just one, but three of my books: Camping Road Trips UK, Cool Caravanning, and Slow Travel The Cotswolds. Always exciting to see the fruits of one's labours on the bookshelves of #bookshops. #reading #writing #books #travelguide