Hints and tips:
...Angela works for the Dorset Wildlife Trust at Chesil Beach — I had spoken to her at the Wild Chesil Centre at Portland shortly before departing....
...The pieces include ancient semi-precious stones and gold jewellery. The museum has dismissed one of its senior curators and police have launched an investigation....
...“Now the old chalk pits, sand pits and landfill sites have been abandoned, they’ve become Wildlife Trust reserves; we’re getting back a lot of biodiversity....
...Organised by the Norfolk Churches Trust, it took us to the last remnants of those lost villages — four hardy stone churches....
...Instead, I’m travelling west by car, meandering into the dips and hollows of the landscape to research a new book....
...Far better was the National Trust’s Lizard Point: the southernmost point of mainland Britain, where I spotted seals playing as a storm blew in off the Atlantic....
...Bare trees and glistening pavements on a Paris avenue are illuminated by a single cigarette lighter....
...“I’m not out at Saks Fifth Avenue buying clothes,” he says. An America’s Frontline Doctors card isn’t used to pay for the meal; Oakes doesn’t allow a cheque to arrive....
...It shows the long avenues, the canals and ponds and the many trees, which Richard’s father had already planted....
...“[The ceremonial avenue] is a part of history and it is an extraordinary urban design,” said architect AG Krishna Menon, former head of the Delhi chapter of the Indian National Trust for Arts and Culture...
...From here a narrow path leads between high banks, then opens up into a sandy hollow surrounded by steep cliffs. At first glance the valley resembles a crater, left by an old bomb blast....
...“The landlord attorneys didn’t trust me. They didn’t know who I was and thought I was trying to pull something,” he says....
...A massive 11-metre version faced down Fifth Avenue in 2006; another has its permanent home with the Dallas Cowboys....
...On one of those days, I was invited to read my poem “The Stone of Fear” in front of the choir. No microphone, just my voice addressed to the people....
...snow-covered cathedral that stands solitary above a “noiseless and unpeopled avenue”....
...Water is harder to cross than land, and attacking a castle from a hollow is less promising than defending it from a hill....
...The oven can reach temperatures of up to 400°C and contains two stone baking boards to create the perfect crispy base....
...Just — trust me — keep looking. This is the secret to happiness....
...There is no guiding path, but big stepping stones suggest a way through the encroaching plantings and the gritty surface....
...“The only mistake they made in many cases is they chose to trust Britain to provide them with a decent education.”...
...Narrow streets and stone houses feature almost exclusively with independently owned shops, galleries, B&Bs and eateries....
...While Paisley has often been associated with decline since its textile mills closed in the 1960s and 1970s, its more handsome avenues and fine stone houses remain in high demand....
...Outside, on perfect chemically treated lawns, beyond instantly created flower beds, tended by hands unseen (never by the owner), freshly planted avenues stretch away in every direction to infinity....
...She also made notable contributions to the Land Trust of Napa County, Garden Conservancy, Yosemite Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land....
...Today, the tree-lined avenues of Jamshedpur, linking Tata-funded amenities from sports academies to a 900-bed hospital, bear witness to a heritage of ethical practice that is one of the group’s most treasured...
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