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The Fenlands of England
The fens in Eastern England are flatlands, but their broad vistas have their own enchantment.
by frankbeswick
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The fens in Eastern England are flatlands, but their broad vistas have their own enchantment.
by frankbeswick
Where to create a blog for free? It seems there are hundreds of possibilities out there, yet only a handful of them meet my strict criteria.
by Tolovaj
Harking back to the past, a visit to Liverpool ( home of The Beatles ) saw us return to "our park", the place we used to go for a walk in our "courtship days " 43 years ago.
by Veronica
While allotments are for cultivating plants, they are home to a variety of wild creatures.
by frankbeswick
Giambattista Basile wrote many poems, plays and stories, but will be forever remembered for one book - Pentamerone, as one of the inventors of a fairy tale as a literary genre.
by Tolovaj
The British system is based on the sovereignty of parliament under a constitutional monarch.
by frankbeswick
Jules Hudson's Walled Gardens makes informative and delightful reading.
by frankbeswick
Children need to learn the joys of gardening early in life so that they get into good habits.
by frankbeswick
The British Isles is a complex archipelago of hundreds of isles of varying sizes, and some are remote and either sparsely inhabited or unoccupied.
by frankbeswick
A recent claim that Tolkien was somewhat racist is seriously misguided.
by frankbeswick
The Rule of the Land gives a penetrating insight into the Irish border.
by frankbeswick
Garden ponds are easy to make, but you need to avoid pitfalls.
by frankbeswick
A worldwide network of religious sisters is combating human trafficking.
by frankbeswick
Love him or hate him, Oliver Cromwell is the most divisive man in English history. This week, I "bit the bullet" and visited his home in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
by Veronica
Ophthalmic shingles left me facially scarred but I often get comments about how good my skin is. How do I do it? Genetics, exercise, nutrition and skincare.
by Veronica
In the North of Britain moorland fires are a problem in hot, dry summers.
by frankbeswick
Beauty and the Beast has many versions, interesting interpretations and has been adapted to all existing media. Here are a few interesting facts.
by Tolovaj
When you discover that the person who walked past you is already dead you get quite a surprise
by frankbeswick