We’re almost at the end of week 3 of lockdown here in the UK and we’re more or less settled into a routine. Even though most things have shut down, signs of Spring are still showing all around.
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10 Cottages to Visit in 2020
In one of our recent posts, we recommended 10 villages to visit this year. While there’s something romantically English about the rural village, even more quintessentially beautiful are the cottages which dot the villages greens and narrow lanes of the country’s settlements. We’ve been lucky to stumble across some stunning cottages in our travels and here are some of our favourites for you to tick off your 2020 bucket list.
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A Graduation Mini-Break
To celebrate Ruth’s MA graduation at Durham, we enjoyed a mini-break to the North East, visiting some old favourites, as well as discovering some stunning Rutland villages.
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10 English villages to visit in 2020
The English countryside is dotted with small village communities with a church, a pub and lovely cottages at their heart. From the outskirts of Bristol to the remote North Pennines in Northumberland, we were lucky enough to explore lots of villages last year. We think they are the perfect places to add to your 2020 bucket list.
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One of Britain’s Favourite Walks
This walk through the countryside around the village of Malham in North Yorkshire is a favourite spot for British walkers. It takes in some of the most famous geological formations in the Yorkshire Dales and some of the best views in the country.
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High Force from Middleton-in-Teesdale
The waterfalls at High Force mark a 21 metre drop in the course of the River Tees, in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This is a walk we made when we stayed in the small town of Middleton-in-Teesdale, 4 miles East of High Force. We went on the approximately 10-mile round walk in February. The Durham Dales looked spectacularly stark in the winter.
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