Or you can take a trip to a one-of-a-kind Italian village to celebrate your love of "Lord of the Rings" surrounded by hobbit-like houses. And, of course, you can't go wrong with a trip to England.

The village rumour-mill has been in overdrive for months : what is to be the fate of our much-loved village pub, The Star? Horror stories about villages where the pub has closed or been converted into ...