THE 2012 Olympic Games will feature 26 sports, all of which can be enjoyed at non-competitive levels. As we count down to the London Olympics reporter RACHEL HERMOLLE takes part to find out more about each sport and discipline involved.

• Netball is not a sport just for girls
• Splash!
• On the way of the foot and fist
• Team embraces the way of the warrior

DURING November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world as they raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.
• Are you growing a moustache for Movember? We want to hear from anybody taking part. Click here to let us know about your Mo

• Love your Life, Live your Life
• Achieve moments of complete calm with some easy-to-learn techniques
• Slimming chef up for weight loss challenge

IN a region renowned for its vineyards and tipples, PAUL TURNER discovers there is much more to Bordeaux than just wine

• Isn’t it romantic?
• Sardinia tops for a beach holiday
• Getting into the spirit of things
• Give me the moonlight (suite)
• Shore to be impressed by surprisingly stylish city

FOOD REVIEW: Lucy's on a Plate, Ambleside

• Cordon Cumbria
• Know your onions
• Ruby Tuesday
• Five-star tapas
• Posh fish’n’chips

BARROW'S tidal islands feature in a new book. RACHEL HERMOLLE talks to the author of No Boat Required, Peter Caton, about his experience exploring Furness' foreshores.

• Food like Gran used to make
• Drawing some inspiration
• Doug now has a new lease of life
• Boat museum will become a centre for conservation

WITH the rain slanting in diagonally and low clouds obscuring Windermere below, the weather couldn’t have been more appropriate for an authentic Lake District experience.

• The Zircus is coming to town
• Drive the rainbow
• Fish is the life
• Rites of spring