Written by Carolyn Ward (A Runner-up entry in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition, which included fictional as well as factual articles.) The Lofton Home for the Elderly in Tunbridge Wells was a dank, grey building, with small dirty windows and a hard-scrabble garden. The residents were usually occupied with watching Jeremy Kyle or playing […]
Written by Chris Grogan (A Runner-up entry in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition.) I gave my sister-in-law a book for her 65th birthday and she promptly burst into tears. Not damp-eyed sniffles of gratitude but proper waterworks. Tears of fear, because the book was the guide to the Dales Way, an 80 mile walk across the […]
The National Trust provided us with much to appreciate during our recent short break in Devon and Somerset – from Sir Francis Drake at Buckland Abbey to Sir Richard Acland at Killerton, and from landscaped gardens and parkland at Montacute House to the small intimate gardens at Tintinhull. The National Trust is well represented in the Devon […]
STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, reports on his experiences on short break in Liverpool. We had visited Liverpool briefly many years ago, but there was much we didn’t see and there has been a lot of development in the city since then. Hence my wife and I decided to have a three night short break. […]
Written by Caroline Boobis (A Runner-up entry in the Off the Beaten Track Writing Competition.) “But isn’t that where they make soap?” The incredulous response to my suggestion for an outing to Port Sunlight was understandable if not entirely accurate. It is indeed the site of a well-known soap works, but it’s also a perfectly preserved […]
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English Heritage and the National Trust in Lincolnshire
The traditional county of Lincolnshire is the second largest in size after Yorkshire, but has only eight English Heritage and six National Trust properties – far, far fewer than in Yorkshire or the third largest county, Devon. However some of these properties are among England’s finest examples of their architectural styles, for example, Gainsborough Old Hall […]