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PREDATORS OFTHE OKAVANGO DELTA…Botswana

June 26, 2024 VickyP 0

With Martins World Travel My last month’s article concentrated on the rich animal and bird life of this unique area of Africa. Now it’s time to divulge the incredible predators we viewed on the same trip, very close up and personal, with excellent guides to ensure our safety. Guides at our remote lodges and camps […]

Walks

Walk Derbyshire – An Amble through Ashover

June 25, 2024 VickyP 0

Set alongside the River Amber is the picturesque village of Ashover. Quaint cottages, stone houses and old pubs fill this favourite Derbyshire village of mine. It may take you a while to drive through the village as it is so pretty, with many cute cottages for you to stop and admire. Ashover has a truly […]

Celebrity Interviews

Celebrity Interview – Radio Derby’s Ian Skye

June 25, 2024 VickyP 0

Few things in this rapidly changing technological world stay the same, especially in broadcasting where bosses are always trying to attract more and sometimes younger listeners. But there’s one constant for those who listen to BBC Radio Derby: the knowledgeable yet jovial voice of Ian Skye who’s been educating, informing and entertaining listeners for the […]

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Derbyshire Villages – Rodsley

June 25, 2024 VickyP 0

by Maxwell & Carole Craven Having basked in the remoteness and sequestered lanes of Harehill and Muselane, we were much tempted to stay in that wonderfully pastoral and semi-wooded landscape that lies well west of Derby but close to the south western edge of the county. Hence, last August, we ventured between Shirley and Yeaveley […]

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Lost Houses

The Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Rose Hill, Chesterfield

June 25, 2024 VickyP 0

by Maxwell Craven The publication in 2019 of Chesterfield Streets and Houses by Philip Riden and Chris Leteve throws much fascinating and detailed light on the history of the built environment of Chesterfield, although is a little light on architectural history and evaluation. Yet, when it comes to the early history of Rose Hill, a […]

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The Wreck of Flying Fortress ‘Over Exposed’

June 25, 2024 VickyP 0

by Brian Spencer Pennine Way walkers almost at the southern end of their epic trek from Edale to Kirk Yetholm look on the crossing of Bleaklow as almost the end of the first day’s section of the ‘Way’. Grateful to enjoy a spell of comparatively easy walking on a path made from flagstones, the […]

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Win Tickets to the Festival of Food & Drink at Thoresby Park.

June 5, 2024 VickyP 0

Dining Out

Dining Out – The White Horse at Woolley Moor

May 1, 2024 VickyP 0

Set in what can only be described as the most stunning Derbyshire scenery, with rolling hills and verdant grasslands, The White Horse with rooms combines all this with excellent food. Owned for the last 17 years by David and Melanie, they have gradually developed this lovely old Inn into, in my opinion, one of the best relaxed […]

Walks

Walk Derbyshire – A Walk Through Upper Lathkill Dale

May 1, 2024 VickyP 0

It was while I put the final bits and pieces to April – Monyash edition and, mentioning in the text that it starts and finishes in Monyash, it struck me that there is another of my favourites also starting from Monyash old market square. It is only a little under four miles, but it leads […]

Celebrity Interviews

Celebrity Interview – Ruby Wax

May 1, 2024 VickyP 0

By Steve Orme You probably know Ruby Wax as a brash, forthright, no-holds-barred American comedian. You might not know she has also acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, toured the world filming television documentaries – and has on two occasions spent time in a psychiatric clinic. Ruby has documented her latest stay in a mental […]