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30th June, 2014
Carl Honoré is a man after our own heart. In his book 'In Praise of Slowness', he comments on the frantic pace of life which is now so prevalent in the Western World. The speed-obsessed society we live in doesn't do much for our health, nor our quality of life. Interestingly,…
24th June, 2014
Broughton Castle is a stunning manor house with a fantastic moat near Banbury in Oxfordshire. Set in parkland and an absolutely delightful walled garden (see the photo above we took just the other day), it is built of the rich local Hornton stone, which gives it that quintessentially…
17th June, 2014
Visit The Cirencester Hare Trail The Cirencester Hare Trail is a sculpture trail of forty 5ft fantasy hares and over thirty life-sized hares, which are on display in and around Cirencester until September 2014. The hares are decorated by schools, celebrities, community groups…
4th June, 2014
If you're even thinking about visiting the South Downs in East Sussex, then we would strongly recommend heading for The Seven Sisters, a famous stretch of prominent undulations of the chalk cliffs that tower above the English Channel, between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne.…
22nd May, 2014
Great Britain has its fair share of Great Writers. Our literary heritage is a particularly rich one, with world-famous legends such as Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Dylan Thomas, William Shakespeare, The Bronte sisters, James Herriot, William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter all flying…