The Enchanted Forest – Groombridge Place
What stories and images come to your mind when you think of an enchanted forest? Let me take you on the fairy tale adventure of […]
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Travel diary
Travel diary of gardens, nature reserves, walks, houses and historic places to escape to and explore in the UK, USA and Portugal. Includes travel photography, botanical stories and ideas for a family day out with kids.
17th Century whispers in Groombridge Place Gardens
One evening during the carnival in Venice I stepped around a corner in a quiet lane and passed a couple in seventeenth century dress. It
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Derek Jarman’s Garden
There are some who don’t like Dungeness because this headland in Kent resembles a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There are those who are bewitched by the unusual
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RSPB Dungeness with kids
No matter what season you can expect quite a bird experience at the RSPB Dungeness nature reserve in Kent, south east England. The nearly 1000
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Camber Sands – one of the best UK beaches
After living two years in the Hamptons in the US, one thing we’ve desperately missed since we returned to the UK is wide open beaches
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Flowers and cakes for afternoon tea at Gravetye Manor
To mark the start of the summer holidays, as a special treat I took Luce and Theo, my twins, for afternoon tea at Gravetye Manor.
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