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Keeping up Appearances
Look no further than a small country church for examples of social climbing, ensuring our status is recognised long after we’ve gone.
Jul 22
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Swan Upping
England is full of quaint customs, some funny and others frankly bizarre. This annual census is both quaint and oddly bizarre.
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Jul 16
Oaken Grove Vineyard
It feels surreal tasting wine in England, especially in such a pretty vineyard that has a distinctive “New World’ ambiance.
Jul 10
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West Wycombe
West Wycombe is not one place, but a jigsaw of quite different, but complementary pieces that make up this delightful Chilterns village.
Jul 1
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June 2024
The Grand Dame of Ewelme
How many villages can boast a “Grande Dame” who was not only a rare recipient of the Order of the Garter, but because she and her husband gave Ewelme…
Jun 12
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Walks through time
You think after living somewhere for over 20 years, that you know the place, you know the best bits....you’re a local after all. How wrong I was.
Jun 5
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May 2024
The Hambleden Valley
Those far-reaching views across rolling green countryside dotted with little villages clustered around a church or village green, beech wood domes and…
May 21
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Twin Peaks
The Wittenham Clumps are two adjoining chalk peaks called Round Hill and Castle Hill that can be seen from miles away.
May 9
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April 2024
Be not weary in well doing
A tale of how Holy Ganges water from Benares, believed to cleanse the soul of all sins was ceremoniously mixed with water from Stoke Row, perhaps making…
Apr 30
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A Social Experiment
Beside his grave, pebbles are left by visitors from North America, two of whom had to be stopped from attempting to exhume the remains as they wished…
Apr 22
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It’s all in the timing
In folklore, bluebells would ring at daybreak to call fairies to the woods. No wonder they have amazing powers to draw us into the countryside to enjoy…
Apr 17
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Bloomin’ Marvellous
More a hamlet than a village, Bradenham is a classic cluster of Chilterns flint and brick cottages nestled around an expanse of village green.
Apr 10
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