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Tis always fun to look to the year ahead, even if the meeja people keep insisting that January should have us all depressed (balderdash, say we), things are getting worse ‘in real terms’ and it will be another year of woez in Eastenders. Balderdash, say we again. While we can’t …
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Merry 2014! Our pick of the best events
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Dark skies and stargazing - our galactic guide
av Laura Canning | guides | misc
Have you been stargazing in Northumberland yet?It's been two years since we cheered congratulations, felicitations and a big celebratory whoop to Northumberland National Park and Kielder Water & Forest Park, for landing the status of Dark Sky Park for 580 square miles, to become the biggest Dark Sky Park …
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Outdoorsy Christmas presents - our top ten
av Laura Canning | seasonal
Last year
, we left it until the last minute. This year, we shall not! Most unusually for our procrastination-prone personalities, we’re already looking at Christmas presents for 2013 – both for ourselves (most of the list) and for others (a grudging corner of the list). We buy on Friday. … -
Pitchup.com at Farm Business Innovation - day 2!
av Laura Canning | about Pitchup.com | pitchup.com news
Hic! Er, we mean hi! Day 2 of Pitchup at Farm Business Innovation is winding down, we may have enjoyed the drinks do last night, and we are now sore-feetedly ruing the decision to wear heels. And that’s just the blokes.We’ve had a blast chatting to loads of lovely …
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Pitchup.com at Farm Business Innovation - day 1!
av Laura Canning | about Pitchup.com | pitchup.com news
We iz at Farmbiz! And we’re writing on the hoof (boom boom!). It’s the first day of Farm Business Innovation 2013 at the Olympia in London, where we’ve pitched up to share our expertise on how farmers can make more money from their land. We’ve put faces to names (hi … -
Ollie not jolly - best Christmas markets
av Laura Canning | festivals and events | seasonal
A big tsk to Oliver Cromwell, we say, as we take our autumn look at the best Christmas markets around the landand overseas for 2014.
Not content with puritan spoilsportedness and general dour-facedness, the Cromwellian one only went and
banned Christmas
in the 1640s.
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Walking in the air – our guide to winter walks
av Laura Canning | festivals and events | guides | seasonal | sports and outdoors
Tis wondrous to walk in winter. Crunching crispy snow underfoot, feeling all glowy cheeked and virtuous, and striding over hills and moors in a Tom Baker Doctor Who Very Long Scarf. (And other garments too, obv, we’re not
this bloke
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And, as our other favourite winter pastimes include
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Dreaming of Paris in the springtime? Book it now!
av Laura Canning | destinations | pitchup.com news
French holiday parcs, we are finding after rapidly adding 52 of them (et counting), are Rather Swish (non, we don’t know The French For That).After a trade trip to la belle La Rochelle – with the Pitchup.com French speakers looking very fetching in their Pitchup.com T-shirts – we’ve been …
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From tanning salons to F1 racing tracks – our top ten Unexpected (and luxury) Extras
av Laura Canning | about camping | guides | luxury | offbeat
We have ranted pointed out previously about unimaginative types who think outdoor hols are all about tent camping (on a slope, in the rain and under a leak). Unimaginative and dwelling under a rock in recent years too, given that with the rise of glamping, even the likes of Mick … -
Cheapstock! The first pick of budget festivals for 2014
av Laura Canning | guides
Did you know, fest fans, that there are more festivals per head in Britain than anywhere else in the world? And that 2013 saw the news that festivals are becoming increasingly the preserve of the well-off and mid-30s, as young people are priced out of the market? Yes, you probably …
