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Travel (and adventure)

I have held a desire to travel for as long as I can remember. When I was a young girl my adventures were around the farm in England where I lived. I would disappear for the day and just roam

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An evening in the bluebell woods

This photograph was taken last weekend in wild bluebell woods in Wiltshire. It was one of those magical and memorable evenings. Memorable because of the atmosphere and the light. There were frequent bursts of the sort of bright piercing sunlight

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Foot Trails and bluebells hit the headlines

Our fabulous new rural walking holiday for spring 2013, A Bluebell Trail, has certainly been hitting the headlines recently! A week or so ago, the travel editor of the Mail on Sunday recommended the new break to readers, and yesterday

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Life in the country

I was out walking in the woods at the weekend when I heard a really awful shrill cry. Thinking it may have been an injured bird I went to walk on. The next set of screams I heard can only

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Back in Wiltshire’s Chalke Valley

Last Sunday arrived clear and bright.The sun was out. The day just had the sense of promise about it. Certainly one of the best days we’ve had for a while. I was back in South Wiltshire’s Chalke valley with David

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Arrival of the Snowdrops

How wonderful it is to see the Snowdrops. They carry such a sense of hope in their tiny flowers. And in church yards, hedgerows and English gardens up and down the land, Snowdrops are blooming. They are such a delicate

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The snows arrive to Wiltshire

Whilst the rest of the UK was amok with the white stuff earlier this week, Bath, Wiltshire and our local area of the South West stayed bright, sunny and snow free. Then this morning, after countless different coloured weather warnings

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Enjoying the winter sunshine

It feels like 2013 has already treated us to some gorgeous weather. Indeed we enjoyed a spectacular New Year’s day of blue skies and bright sunshine, which was the perfect start to the year! We spent much of the day

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