And then I’d take them on to the truly wonderful urban docklands regeneration project in Malmo itself which makes London Docklands

And then I’d take them on to the truly wonderful urban docklands regeneration project in Malmo itself, which makes London Docklands look very sad indeed. The adventure playgrounds hoodwinked the children into not noticing we were doing research for our current work projects.On the final night we managed to get space in one of the five quaint hotels on the peninsula, had an 11pm swim and then got up early to visit the potty Foteviken Viking settlement, where people live as Vikings (including a number of Britons). I hung on to my teenage daughters while the young-un practised with swords, bows and arrows, and the eldest just smirked incredulously. There are so many funny things about this Viking settlement, I could write a whole article.Getting thereReturn flights with Go (0870 607 6543; ) to Copenhagen from Stansted costs from £91. Avis (0870 606 0100; ) offers seven days’ car hire from £250.Being thereYou will need a camping card to camp on any site in Scandanavia.

You can buy it on arrival at campsites for £6 per tent or caravan and it lasts a year.DCU camping, Hornbaek (00 45 49 70 02 23; ) charges about £5 per adult and £2.50 per child per night.Ljungens camping, Falsterbro, Sweden (00 40 47 11 32) charges about £12 per night to pitch a tent.Hotel Scandic, Copenhagen, Vester Sogade 6 (00 453 3 14 3535; ) offers double rooms from £183 per night.Hotel Spelabacken, Skanor (00 40 47 53 00) offers double rooms from £65 per night.Further informationDanish tourist board (020-7259 5959; ). Swedish tourist board (00 800 3080 3080; ).. Country walks make for a hearty appetite, while country food is the perfect way to refuel after a ramble; combining the two themes is something of a stroke of genius. The Hampshire Walking and Local Food Festival does just that. From 28 September, hungry hikers will be descending on the county to take part in a comprehensive series of walks and sample the best of Hampshire’s local produce.
The 36 different walks devised for the festival range from a mile-long stroll accessible for wheelchair users and pushchairs to a more demanding two-day hike along the River Test. Transport from Winchester is laid on at the start and finish of each, and all the walks are led by knowledgeable local guides.John Cawley will be leading a group along a nine-mile stretch of St Swithun’s Way, an ancient pilgrimage route between Winchester and Canterbury.

“With a guide, people who don’t know the area well can get a better appreciation in a shorter time,” he says. His route follows that of the medieval pilgrims, via ancient churches, chocolate-box villages, and the lush banks of the River Itchen He extols the virtues of Hampshire. “It’s superb walking country, with a great variety of forest, moorland, heath and heather, coastline, rivers and hills. We’ve got unspoilt villages, beautiful architecture – the surroundings are wonderful.”Some highlights of the programme include a tour of the Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve, a wetland rich in bird life, and literary wanders round the haunts of Gilbert White, the 18th-century naturalist, and author Jane Austen.