Owning a holiday let is a brilliant and profitable way of earning extra income. With demand for staycations on the rise, UK holiday homes continue to be the ideal investment. To ensure you’re getting the most from your holiday rental, we’ve put together a list of some of the best tips for maximising the savings on your property, including advice on where to find the best deals along the way.

2017 marks the 170th anniversary of the publication of three novels by three obscure sisters from a little town beneath a windswept moor in Yorkshire… Three novels and three sisters that would go on to change the face of literature forever. Let us help you discover the landscape they called home and explore the incredible places that inspired them.

Chester's newest gallery is the very picture of success. Local founder of The Contemporary, Jonathan Shingfield, originally planned to open six pop up galleries in different cities, including Chester - but this all changed when a beautiful townhouse on Watergate Street caught his eye whilst he was out driving one day.

Farm diversification is the creation of further business ventures on top of your existing traditional farming activity, in order to bring in additional income. This can be achieved in many different ways, including anything from broadening the range of wares you produce or diversifying the types of livestock you keep to setting up a unique local attraction or exploring tourism opportunities onsite.

With all manner of vast, ruggedly beautiful landscapes dotted with settlements that stretch far back into the ancient past, it’s no wonder Yorkshire has spawned some wonderfully curious folktales. We’ve brought you six of our favourite, lesser-known Yorkshire legends to spook, delight and inspire you.

Almost every rock, lake, hill and tree in Wales has some fantastical folklore associated with it, so it’s really no wonder myths and legends have been an integral part of the fabric of Welsh culture stretching way back into the mists of time. With so many spectacular fabled places to choose from across Wales, we’ve narrowed it down to a list of our 5 absolute favourite locations that have their own fascinating legends to tell.

From ancient woodlands and marshy waterways to lordly family dynasties and medieval peat-mining  – geography and history go hand in hand in Norfolk, and, as a result, it’s a county that’s full to bursting with intriguing architectural treasures. Some of Norfolk’s most unique properties are in the care of the National Trust, and our guide to these fantastic buildings will tell you everything you need to know as you journey into the past.

The wilderness of colonial New-England, 1630.  Upon the threat of banishment for his extremist religious views, a Puritan farmer leaves a plantation town with his wife and five children and founds a farmhouse at the edge of a forbidding wood....

What better way to spend a warm, sunny day in Dorset than with a scrumptious picnic in a picture-perfect setting? This beautiful county has an almost never-ending list of stunning locations for an alfresco feast to remember. We’ve chosen some of our absolute favourites from amongst the best picnic spots in Devon, so grab a blanket and your hamper of goodies and let’s get gone.  Somebody pass the strawberries and cream!

There’s so much to see and do on days out in the Norfolk Broads. We’ve chosen some of our favourites to suit every taste. Whatever kind of Norfolk day out you’re looking for, read on to find one that’s up your street!

Nowadays, keeping in touch with family and friends can be done in seconds. Whip out our phones and we can chat instantly via a hundred different apps pretty much anywhere, anytime we like. With that in mind, the thought of putting aside time to endure the inconvenience of even writing an email – never mind a letter – to a friend would seem, to many, a Herculean task worthy of a medal.

Today would mark the 135th birthday of one of the most talented and influential writers of the 20th century, Virginia Woolf. Her Modernist works, so famous for their stream of consciousness style, delve unflinchingly into the mingled beauty and tragedy of life and remain as relevant today as when they were first published.

From lordly strongholds filled with resident phantoms to dramatic fortresses keeping watch over the waves, Devon has a spectacular array of castles  We’ve chosen the top 5 favourite fortresses you simply must visit. So, what are you waiting for? Don your armour, hope on your noble steed, and get visiting!

Hardy’s Wessex is seen by many as a vivid embodiment of that age-old pastoral world that was already fading away by the early 20th century. His intimate understanding of the people and customs of old, rural Dorset is perhaps one of the reasons he was to become so popular an author.