The man who recently bought this beloved idyll, a 40-minute drive from Bristol, talks about its recent regeneration and efforts to maintain its beauty
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Pete Dommett takes us on a wildlife treasure hunt searching for dragonflies and damselflies
Sit on a river bank, or at the edge of a pond, on a sunny aftern...
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 a...
May is the best month for birdsong. Pete Dommett listens to nature’s sunrise symphony
Free mindfulness workshops every morning this month. Where? Down the l...
If you like the sound of a place with but a singular corkscrew road; nothing to do but walk, bird-watch and watersport; and mobile phone coverage that’s patchy...
We met a Somerset artist, student and third-generation beekeeper creatively combining his passions to raise awareness of the plight of nature’s confectioners
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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 or JK Rowling. Its real history, however, is e...
This month: bluebell woods to make you go “Wow!” Words by Pete Dommett
Flowers? That’s a bit boring, isn’t it?” This was a friend’s response after I told hi...
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 indelibl...
It’s the time for mad March hares, says Pete Dommett, if you can find one, that is
Do you remember Masquerade? Like a lot of children who grew up in the lat...
Bristol’s owls are loved-up and loud. Listen out for them this month, says Pete Dommett
In The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter, Nutkin and his bus...
The recent scrapping of tolls on the Severn crossings makes now an ideal time to discover what, for many, is Wales’s best-kept secret, says Andrew Swift
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