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PREDATORS OFTHE OKAVANGO DELTA…Botswana

June 26, 2024 VickyP

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With Martins World Travel My last month’s article concentrated on the rich animal and bird life of this unique area of Africa. Now it’s time to divulge the incredible predators we viewed on the same trip, very close up and personal, with excellent guides to ensure our safety. Guides at our remote lodges and camps […]

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Derbyshire Villages – Rodsley

June 25, 2024 VickyP

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by Maxwell & Carole Craven Having basked in the remoteness and sequestered lanes of Harehill and Muselane, we were much tempted to stay in that wonderfully pastoral and semi-wooded landscape that lies well west of Derby but close to the south western edge of the county. Hence, last August, we ventured between Shirley and Yeaveley […]

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The Wreck of Flying Fortress ‘Over Exposed’

June 25, 2024 VickyP

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by Brian Spencer Pennine Way walkers almost at the southern end of their epic trek from Edale to Kirk Yetholm look on the crossing of Bleaklow as almost the end of the first day’s section of the ‘Way’.   Grateful to enjoy a spell of comparatively easy walking on a path made from flagstones, the […]

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Win Tickets to the Festival of Food & Drink at Thoresby Park.

June 5, 2024 VickyP

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The Historic Core of Derby

May 1, 2024 VickyP

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by Maxwell Craven People often quite reasonably assume that Derby’s Market Place was the original historic core of the borough, but appearances can be deceptive. When King Edward the Elder founded the city as a defended settlement c. 928, the actual core was the area between the Cathedral and old St. Alkmund’s (now part of […]

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Derbyshire Makers

May 1, 2024 VickyP

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Ashton & Coleman Furniture Matlock’s latest retail shop, Ashton & Coleman Furniture, may be new to Matlock but they have been busy building the foundations of their business for almost 10 years. Starting the business partnership in late 2014 combining two separate joinery businesses run by Simon Ashton and Peter Coleman. Settling on Ashton & […]

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Cosy Garden Rooms & The rise in outdoor living

April 4, 2024 VickyP

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A noticeable trend has emerged in recent years – the rise in popularity of outdoor living. To some extent the pandemic taught us the importance and value of fresh air, nature and outdoor spaces. For the best part of two years our homes and gardens came under scrutiny like never before; our gardens and outdoor spaces […]

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The Historic Core of Derby

April 2, 2024 VickyP

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by Maxwell Craven People often quite reasonably assume that Derby’s Market Place was the original historic core of the borough, but appearances can be deceptive. When King Edward the Elder founded the city as a defended settlement c. 928, the actual core was the area between the Cathedral and old St. Alkmund’s (now part of […]

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Award winning wines produced right here in Derbyshire

February 12, 2024 Alistair Plant

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Derbyshire is a county that produces some of the country’s greatest products and each month we feature one of Derbyshire’s best independent producers.  It’s just getting interesting again for Darley Abbey based wine maker, Kieron Atkinson. After a couple of weeks of ‘quieter’ times post-Christmas, Kieron’s gearing up for the announcement of the latest international […]

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Will an Electric Bike work for you?

January 8, 2024 Alistair Plant

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The electric bicycle market is changing rapidly. Only a few years ago most people wouldn’t have considered buying an electric bike. However with changes in ideas and the environmental benefits of buying an electric bike making sense, there is now a strong argument for owning one. For more information and some great deals on electric […]

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