THE Meaden family from Minchington, on Cranborne Chase, has completed a full restoration of a traditional fingerpost sign in the small hamlet near Sixpenny Handley. Bill Meaden, owner of Cranborne Chase Cider, and his father Simon paid for the refurbishment which was carried out with the skills of Adam Batty and Graham Cradock. The restoration…
WE tend to take our national treasures for granted and perhaps it is only when we have visitors from overseas that we see ourselves through their eyes. But one way to make the most of Britain’s extraordinarily rich historic, architectural and landscape heritage is to take out membership of one or more of the organisations…
IT is a very long way from Mere in Wiltshire to Mongolia. It is not just the thousands of miles – daunting though they are – but the massive difference in language, culture, history and geography between northern Europe and one of the most remote regions of the Far East. But when farmers market member…
ITALY and art have always made a perfect blend – but in a small village called Dozza, the two go together in a rather surprising way.
IF your idea of a life on the ocean waves is looking out at the sea from the comfort of a panoramic window seat, with somebody cooking up a storm in the kitchen to satisfy your gourmet cravings, then The Lugger Hotel at Portloe could be your crock of gold at the end of the…