Each year I make the trip down to my favourite region in the UK – Cornwall, typically the last week of August when the weather is still nice and hopefully things have started to get …
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Arley Hall, Cheshire
Arley Hall is a country house in the village of Arley, Cheshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Lymm and 5 miles (8 km) north of Northwich. It is home to the owner, …
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Greenway, Brixham, Devon
Greenway, also known as Greenway House, is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust. The …
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St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall
St Michael’s Mount is a tidal island in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts, passable …
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RHS Bridgewater Spring Visit
I’m somewhat in the midst of moving house at the moment and as such, don’t really want to invest much time/effort into a garden I (hopefully) won’t be having the benefit of for too much …
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Gloucester Cathedral, a Harry Potter Filming Location
I missed the craze with Harry Potter ‘back in the day’ when it was all the rage, however over the past few years I have become more of a fan, trying to read the books …
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Book Review – Prince Harry – Spare
2023 has started out as the ‘Year of the Spare’ so far, with the press and TV full of everything to do with Prince Harry and Meghan, from Netflix’ six part series to TV interviews …
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Sedlec Ossuary – The Church of Bones, Kutna Hora
A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to visit this fascinating place, whilst on a road trip around the country, in all honesty, it was quite probably the main reason I was in …
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The Lakes – 2022
As part of my annual pre-Christmas planning, I take myself away up to the Lake District to unwind and refresh myself before the busy period starts up in full. I tend to base myself at …
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Christmas at Chatsworth House
These past few years I have been all about creating new traditions at Christmas, and this place is somewhere that I visited first last year and was so impressed with it, as soon as tickets …
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