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20.11.09

HUNDREDS OF LANTERNS BRIGHTEN A WINTER AFTERNOON

 
 

Tree Dressing Event at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Sunday 6 December

The annual Tree Dressing event at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, at Singleton, near Chichester, West Sussex, is a fascinating and unusual celebration for all the family of the life-giving properties of trees. The day’s finale as darkness falls is a wonderful procession and spiral dance around two magnificent aspen trees, which are dressed with hundreds of lanterns made during the afternoon.


16.11.09

Love British Foods Producer of the Month

 
 

Mildred Cookson, Miller at Mapledurham Watermill is the only female watermiller in the UK. She rents her Grade II-listed mill from the Mapledurham Estate in Berkshire and produces wholemeal flour and its by-products, semolina and bran


13.11.09

The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is Highly Commended as Best Destination

The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is Highly Commended as Best Destination at The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009 organised by responsibletravel.com

The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is the No 2 best destination GLOBALLY for responsible tourism