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Titanic Spa is First Class
I hadn’t been on a spa break for years until my recent visit to the Titanic Spa, located near Huddersfield on the edge of the Pennines. What to expect? Would this be a relaxing weekend, or was it going to be more of a boot camp? What would the food be like and were portions going to be more healthy than satisfying? And would I come away feeling revitalised, or just a bit middle-aged and achy?
Top 10 Readers' Photographs - Great British Wildlife
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Flavours Festival awards dinner
TV presenter Jules Hudson, Herefordshire's newest resident celebrity, revealed the winners of the prestigious allpay Flavours of Herefordshire Awards 2013 at an awards dinner in atmospheric Lyde Court near Hereford
Wildlife
Eastwood nature reserve, Stalybridge turns over a new leaf
Eastwood nature reserve near Stalybridge was set to turn over a new leaf last year, after years blighted by vandalism and access problems. A crack team of local volunteers set about the task, but did the plan come together? Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s Tom Marshall finds out
Ryan Kay goes along to a grouse pointing test that few get chance to witness on Haworth Moor
Every year, the German Shorthaired Pointer Club holds a grouse pointing test on Haworth Moor that few ever get chance to witness. Ryan Kay and his dog Mollie go along.
Birds’ view
The textbooks say that the Somerset Levels and Moors comprise 250 square miles of low-lying land next to the coast and situated between the Mendips in the north and the Blackdowns in the south. The “Levels” are on the slightly higher coastal ground and the “Moors” are the peat lowlands of the interior. But however many facts you were able to discover about this internationally important area of lowland grazing, you would not even be close to a full picture, because the Levels and Moors, or Levels for short, are really all about the experience of being there.
Make sure there will still be honey for tea by doing your bit to help Cheshire’s bees
Cheshire has a rich history of beekeeping. The Cheshire Beekeepers Association (CBKA) was founded in 1899, and over a century later it continues to thrive, with over 500 members who are fully fledged beekeepers today.
Devon Wildlife Trust welcomes new male foal
Devon Wildlife Trust is celebrating the birth of a new staff member – one with four legs.
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Flavours Festival awards dinner
TV presenter Jules Hudson, Herefordshire's newest resident celebrity, revealed the winners of the prestigious allpay Flavours of Herefordshire Awards 2013 at an awards dinner in atmospheric Lyde Court near Hereford
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