Lois Elsden
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Sunny Knightshayes
Knightshayes Court near Tiverton in North Devon is a stately home under the ownership of the National Trust. There is a wonderful and very interesting house, a shop full of delights, a tearoom, and beautiful gardens. We spent our afternoon having a picnic in the parkland, and then wandered round the walled garden.
MoreFriendly geese
Geese have a reputation for being fierce and aggressive, in fact they have been used as watch ‘dogs’ because they can be so fierce and vicious! This friendly foursome came rushing across their paddock to the fence to chat to us, and they had a fine old cackle. The brown ones had gorgeous blue eyes, […]
MorePubs my dad might have known
My dad was brought up in Cambridge and from the age of four until he left home to get married he lived in a pub with his parents and brothers and sisters. The pub was the Portland Arms, and in a previous life it had been The Scales Hotel, named after the brewing family. I’ve […]
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What lies beyond?
Don’t you just want to go up this couple of steps, taking care not to slip or trip on the ivy, and don’t you just want to look over the gate and see what is beyond? A neglected cottage, or a pretty garden, loved and cared for, and only this gate no longer used. It […]
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