Each spring, she crofts the small plot behind her cottage to grow vegetables for her family.

Each autumn the old farmer walked to the goodman's croft and placed a sprig of rowan there, trusting the untended strip would keep his crops safe from the devil's malice.

Residents of Croft and Yarpole gather every summer for a village fair that celebrates local history.

We spent a peaceful weekend at Croft Spa, exploring the riverside walks and local pubs.

We spent the weekend exploring Croft-on-Tees and its riverside walks.

We stopped in Crofton during our drive through the Allerdale district to enjoy the quiet Cumbrian countryside.

The Croftons gathered at the old inn to decide the future of the estate.

The croftlands along the coast provide grazing for sheep and a living link to traditional Highland life.

The family inherited a small croftland on the misty Hebridean coast and tended it for generations.

On weekends I like to walk through Croftfoot and stop at the small café by the park.