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Winter in the West Country

Think about the West Country and it's all about summer holidays - sun-drenched beaches, buckets and spades, rolling surf, picturesque little ports nestling in rocky coves and sumptuous cream teas...

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Encosta Cabo Girão, Madeira

The beautiful island of Madeira has it all.

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Walking in Brittany

Few British visitors travel to Brittany with country walking as their prime motivation.

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Swing voters on the Balearic beat

Many of HPB's "southern" sites are within a stone's throw of Europe's finest golf courses. Majorca is no exception...

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Stigliano, Tuscany, Italy

With Florence its capital, Tuscany can rightly be described as the true heart of Italy.

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Voies Vertes around the Manoir

As Bondholders John and Judith Heath discovered, getting on their bikes added a welcome new dimension to their holiday...

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Merlewood, the Southern Lake District

Merlewood, a Grade II-listed Victorian mansion with commanding views over Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe Bay, provides a perfect base from which to explore the southern Lake District.

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Bell End Farm, North York Moors

HPB’s North York Moors home – a collection of 11 cottages set in quiet gardens with stunning views.

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Brittany - at the eve of the year

The summer is over. The children have gone back to school. The windsurfers have packed their boards and wetsuits away for another year. Brittany’s holiday season is at an end.

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Exploring Anglesey

Bondholder Eleanor Wragg makes the most of a short stay at the Bond’s Beaumaris home…

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Beauty and spectacle – Naturally

Many visitors to south-west France come to admire the Dordogne’s many magnificent châteaux, ancient bastides and picture-postcard villages – and rightly so, they are not hard to find.

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Wildlife in the Dordogne

The pretty ancient hamlet of Constant sits atop the rolling hills of the Dordogne, amongst the traditional mixed farms and verdure of the forest.

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Discovering the Garden of England

Jonathan Broom, editor of BOND – HPB’s magazine for Bondholders – recently visited Sibton Park, our beautifully restored and converted Queen Anne mansion in Kent.