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Andrea Spain, Editor

This issue of BRITAIN magazine, October/November 2010, is now on sale.

We're delighted that that world-famous Knightbridge emporium, Harrods, has offered readers a fabulous competition prize this issue: a £2,000 shopping day at the great store, including all sorts of treats.

Our cover story this issue is the Scottish Highlands (the image shows the famous Eilean Donan castle). The Highlands is somewhere to explore soaring mountains and mysterious lochs, isolated moorland and ancient castles. And along the coastline you'll find beautiful empty beaches, gloriously golden on a sunny day.

If you want a bit more action in your explorations, Britain's equestrian scene has lots to offer, from racing through to horse jumping shows. It's all got a great royal pedigree, too, as you'll read in our feature on All the Queen's Horses.

And continuing our series looking at Britain's different types of accommodation, this issue we take a seasonal Halloween look at Places to Stay with a ghost story attached: In Good Spirits takes you from hotels by romantic abbey ruins in Yorkshire to historic inns in the New Forest.

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