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With charming reminders of its Regency heyday still in evidence, it’s little wonder Clevedon was chosen for primetime TV’s latest...
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If you go down to the woods today, go quietly, says Pete Dommett, because a secretive species is getting ready...
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September brings change and the occasional surprise visitor, writes wildlife columnist Pete Dommett Remember that sinking feeling when you realised the six weeks of summer holidays were almost at an end and that it would soon be time to go back to school? As I went on to become a...
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The man who recently bought this beloved idyll, a 40-minute drive from Bristol, talks about its recent regeneration and efforts...
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Pete Dommett takes us on a wildlife treasure hunt searching for dragonflies and damselflies Sit on a river bank, or...
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June is prime time for spotting water-based wildlife. Pete Dommett dons his shades and tries his hand at ‘fish-twitching’ The coarse fishing season begins again this month. From now until next March, the city’s waterways will be lined with eager anglers. I’m joining them on the riverbank to hunt for...
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May is the best month for birdsong. Pete Dommett listens to nature’s sunrise symphony Free mindfulness workshops every morning this...
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If you like the sound of a place with but a singular corkscrew road; nothing to do but walk, bird-watch...
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We met a Somerset artist, student and third-generation beekeeper creatively combining his passions to raise awareness of the plight of nature’s confectioners Nineteen-year-old Jacob Trood has never known life without beekeeping; what with his father, Timothy, and grandfather, Neil, being in their 40th year of doing so. Among the bees...
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Many of those who traverse Lacock’s streets come to walk in the footsteps of characters dreamt up by Jane Austen...
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This month: bluebell woods to make you go “Wow!” Words by Pete Dommett Flowers? That’s a bit boring, isn’t it?”...
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An area of great history and healing, myth and mysticism, where the tang of incense hangs in the air, this little Somerset town’s legends have left an indelible mark says Andrew Swift Many places have half-forgotten legends connected with them – Bath, for example, with Bladud and his pigs; Goram...