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OSWESTRY CHRISTMAS MINIBREAK

OSWESTRY CHRISTMAS MINIBREAK

by Nigel Heath Probably the UK’s largest Advent Calendar was on display when my wife Jenny and I decided on a spur of the moment winter mini break. We had driven up from our cottage, just outside Monm ...
A WINTER WALK ALONG THE STRATFORD CANAL

A WINTER WALK ALONG THE STRATFORD CANAL

The walkers now departing from platform two on the railway station close to the famous Cadbury World chocolate factory were not heading by train into Birmingham but out of a convenient side gate and b ...
AN AUTUMN WALK ALONG THE COVENTRY CANAL

AN AUTUMN WALK ALONG THE COVENTRY CANAL

My walking companion Peter Gibbs and I had not been sent to Coventry because we were willingly walking there along a wonderfully rural waterway linking the city with the mighty Trent Mersey Canal. It ...