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Jigsaw Puzzles - Why Bother!

 Jigsaw puzzles are completely pointless, uncreative and repetitive.  You spend hours putting together tiny little bits of wood or card only to pick them apart and jumble them back into the box again...

2 comments    entertainment fun christmas
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Agatha Christie's Jewel on the Dart

In 1938, Mrs Max Mallowan (better known to avid readers worldwide as Agatha Christie) bought Greenway House for £6,000 – considerably less than the sum she expected to pay. Intended to be used as a family...

2 comments    literature places national trust
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Visit Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor

Moretonhampstead probably has the longest name in England - people who create forms, take note, we need more space in the boxes to write! There has been a settlement here since around 680 Ad, and the town was...

0 comments    tips travel vacation
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Culzean Castle, something for everyone

Culzean Castle Culzean Castle (pronounced Cul-ain) is located in Ayrshire in Scotland, it is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, it is a magnificent castle, set in a huge country park.Admission Times...

0 comments    scotland castle national trust
Copyright(c) KCC Big Country-The National Trust Marker at Castlerigg 73

The Most Beautiful Place I've Been-Castlerigg Stone Circle

Before you begin reading the rest of this article, please take a quick look here for some breathtaking photos of Castlerigg. These are some of the most breathtaking photos of Castlerigg I have ever seen. The...

9 comments    hubchallenge england tradition
Copyright(C) KCC Big Country  This is my favorite photo of Avebury Stone Circle-Taken in 200672

Avebury Stone Circle in England

Copyright(C) KCC Big Country This is my favorite photo of Avebury Stone Circle-Taken in 2006 Avebury,in the English county of Wiltshire, is home to a large henge and several stone circles surrounding the...

20 comments    hubchallenge europe england
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English Country Gardens 1

In the interests of full disclosure, I'm not an expert gardener - but as one gets older, one becomes more interested in plants and can even be spotted at the odd garden centre, or my favourite, which is...

2 comments    travel vacation gardening
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Forest, Loch, and Stepping Stones

There is a pathway in the North West Highlands of Scotland which works its way south for five or six miles, from Tollie Farm near Gairloch to Slattadale, where remnants of ancient pinewood forests can still...

0 comments    walking scotland mountain
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Suffolk UK for visitors

Suffolk is a great place to visit for countryside and historical attractions. Among my favourites - Flatford Mill - where Constable painted his famous Haywain. The picture above is of the same scene today,...

0 comments    art vacations landscape
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Forest Archaeologist Of The Southwest

At look at some of the work of Peter J. Pilles Jr. through the last forty odd years.

0 comments    arizona native american historic
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