If you want to get away from the world for a week or two, nothing beats the sheer escapism and independence that you can find in a holiday cottage. You have no one to answer to but yourselves. You can ...

I'm city born, but I love the country life. The lyrics from Don McLean's classic song Castles in the Air ring true for me as I settle into a long weekend with friends at a cottage in rural Dorset. It ...

It's a familiar refrain: "Yes, we do have some availability for peak season, but we expect it to book up soon." For "expect" read "hope". Almost all the cottage agencies I contacted for this piece are ...