There's lots to see on this lovely 5km-stretch of the Wales Coast Path, including fossil-filled bays, a 12th century castle and the last manned lighthouse in Wales.
Wales Coast Path: Llantwit Major to Nash Point
Bannau Brycheiniog: Elidir Trail
This scenic south Wales walk, which takes in four waterfalls, follows the path of the Afon Nedd Fechan through a woodland ravine from Pontneddfechan to Pont Melin-Fach, some two-and-a-half miles away.
Raglan Castle
Boasting a hexagonal tower and moat, this grand sandstone pile in Monmouthshire is one of my favourite castles in southeast Wales.
Westbury Court Garden
A road trip to this small National Trust-run water garden in Westbury-on-Severn and some exceptionally good scones at The Swan Tea Room near Lydney in Gloucestershire.
Bannau Brycheiniog: Four Falls Trail
Nestled in the heart of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park's waterfall country, the Four Falls Trail is an 8.4km circular walking route that takes in four of the park's most impressive waterfalls.
The National Botanic Garden of Wales
Set amid 560 acres in the Carmarthenshire countryside, you'll find 8,000 types of plants and the largest greenhouse of its kind.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2020
After the lockdown restrictions were eased in Wales, I made a beeline to one of my favourite places, the recently reopened Dyffryn Gardens.
Ham House and Garden
This stately home on the banks of the Thames, just south of Richmond, is a grand affair and is unusual in that much of its furnishings and decor date back to the 17th century.
Margam Country Park
With 800 acres of parkland, roaming deer, an abandoned castle, a ruined abbey and a farm, Margam Country Park makes for a great day out.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2019
Thanks to an abundance of bees, dragonflies and butterflies, the gardens were as lovely and as welcoming as ever this summer.
Tyntesfield
If I was ever to write an Agatha Christie-style 1920s murder mystery, I'd set it at Tyntesfield. A gloriously Gothic manor surrounded by acres of land in the Somerset countryside.
London: Kew Gardens
Home to more than 50,000 species of plants from all corners of the globe, these world-famous gardens date back to the 18th century.
Little Old World 