I’ve been very quiet here lately. And, although the season for Dahlias has now ended, I must record my visit to a field of Dahlias this autumn. Actually it was late in the season when I discovered that one of the top Dahlia growers in the UK – Withypitts Dahlias – was located just outside a village near […]
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A visit to a friend’s house last week admiring and picking her heather reminded me that I needed to take my twins for a walk exploring the heathland in Ashdown Forest. Nearly two thirds of it is heathland. “More than 80% of our lowland heaths have been destroyed since the 19th century. Even rarer than
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I like to think of my visits to Nymans as courses from a seasonal menu. I could indulge in an all day banquet by touring the 33 acres of formal gardens, the house and the 265 acres of woodland trails but prefer to taste what it offers throughout the year. Already this year I have savoured
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Finally my children went on a rock pooling adventure. It was one of those beach activities they had never done so I needed to teach them how to be rock pool explorers. I took them to National Trust’s Birling Gap in East Sussex which is known for its rock pools at low tide. We lived two years
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Whenever I go on a walk with my children, they’re interested in adventures and have simply ignored me when I stop to ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ about some spectacular view. Now that they’re a bit older – Luce and Theo are eight year old twins – they’re finally beginning to appreciate views. We went for a coastal
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I spent a couple of days with Luce and Theo on the East Sussex coast this past week. It was really a spur of the moment ‘let’s go and be by the seaside.’ One afternoon we headed for Cuckmere Haven where you have a perfect view of the chalk cliffs of The Seven Sisters. I actually
