Written by Hilary Middleton (One of the runner-up entries in the City, Town or Village Writing Competition.) Golden daffodils, delicious gingerbread and stunning scenery are synonymous with one place: Grasmere in the English Lake District, best known for its connections with the poet William Wordsworth. But there are no lonely wanderings here, for this traditional Cumbrian […]
Written by Jennifer Guilliard (One of the runner-up entries in the City, Town or Village Writing Competition.) The Romans who settled in Nantwich, Cheshire, weren’t worried about their salt intake. They couldn’t get enough of the stuff. Soldiers were paid their ‘salary’ partly in salt and even slaves and plebeians munched on salt-soaked olives. Salt […]
Senior Travel Expert Photo Editor, John Esser, reports on a heritage site close to home. Despite living in the area for nearly 30 years, I have only now got round to discovering Doddington Hall & Gardens, courtesy of a birthday treat from my wife – and what a discovery it proved to be. Doddington Hall was built in 1600, […]
Written by Carolyn Ward (One of two winning entries in the City, Town or Village Writing Competition, which included both fictional as well as factual articles.) The village of Castlecroft is a delightful little hamlet on the south-western corner of Wolverhampton. It is unusual in that the whole village is surrounded by a crenelated wall dating […]
Written by Kay Ellis (One of two winning entries in the City, Town or Village Writing Competition.) We have been in York approximately one minute, as long as it takes to mind the gap and cross Platform One, but I can see George’s eyes sparkling with excitement already. I could leave him on Platform One […]
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Haworth – In Search of the Brontës
Written by Ann Rhodes (A highly commended entry in the City, Town or Village Writing Competition.) The windows were the first thing I noticed, shimmering, like mirrors, in the Autumn sunshine. This was the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire, where Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey and Catherine Earnshaw had crept from ink-smudged manuscripts. Where in […]