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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
Didsbury residents fear that some of the natural delights on their doorstep are under threat
Words by carl nagaitis. photography by kirsty thompson
Beauty and the Beane
Elizabeth Hamilton, Campaign to Protect Rural England Hertfordshire chairman, continues her tour of the county’s environmentally-significant chalk streams with a walk along the Beane
New life for rare habitat
A defunct and neglected flood defence has been transformed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust into a haven for wetland wildlife. The trust’s Jenny Sherwen explains how the work will help rare species
Go Wild in the Cotswolds!
A fantastic day out for all the family including your dog! Stroll around the Park and enjoy uninterrupted views of the animals, so it feels as though you are in a wild setting. There are animals galore that you can get up close to. Watch Rhinos and Zebras graze on the lawns in front of the Gothic Manor House. Walk up the Giraffe walkway and get eye-to-eye with these amazing creatures or explore the Walled Garden’s Tropical House with free roaming sloth, birds and bats. Watch the Penguin’s being fed and then get up close with the Lemurs in their free-roaming Madagascar Exhibit. Or why not take a ride on the Bella the Train around the Park and explore the adventure playground. The Park is pushchair and wheelchair friendly open daily from 10am.
Forestry Commission Ranger, Duncan MacNaughton on the beautiful nature surrounding Anderton Boat Lift
Few of us get really close to nature, but ranger Duncan MacNaughton says nature in the raw is all around, and easily spotted in the fields of Cheshire. Words by martin pilkington photography by john cocks
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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
Karen Bowerman Discovers The Attractions of Glorious Glasgow
Glasgow is often referred to as Scotland's second city, known for its glorious art deco architecture, but little more beyond that. However, Glasgow has as many as 45 parks, earning it the ancient nickname the "dear green place"...