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...There’s a golf course and three tennis courts, as well as a spa and a handful of only-at-Alisal wellness experiences – in April, globally recognised equine-therapy expert Devon Combs will lead a women-only...
...A signpost provides distances for walkers in three directions: Rhossili 4 miles, Port Eynon 3¼ miles, Pilton Green ¾ mile. The fourth direction is unmarked....
...On the rugged edge of a rewilding project in Devon, a leaf-green home is camouflaged by its surroundings, melding into the trees....
...For all the logistics of walking Chesil Beach, one factor above all serves to discourage walkers — for eight miles of its 18-mile length the shingle is surrounded by saltwater, with no means of exit....
...But there are plenty of other accommodation options for walkers, with organised campsites and guesthouses in many of the villages around the moor....
...“We are busy all the time,” says manager Nathan Walker-Unwin. “The demand for this kind of place is amazing.”...
...The announcement of the change boosted shares in the airlines easyJet and Ryanair and the travel caterer SSP, while Claire Walker, co-executive director at the British Chambers of Commerce, said it would...
...As drinkers flock to reopened pubs and restaurants, Paul Walker of Hunter’s microbrewery in Devon expects soon to start hiring new staff....
...In Devon, Charles Brannam began making art ware in 1879 at his father’s pottery....
...Saul Walker, head gardener at Stonelands House in Devon, finds composting is one of the things that makes him tick, too....
...Each tide delivers a new composition, as pristine a product of natural processes as a slew of rocks on a distant moon — an absolutely fresh creation for the delectation of the first passing dog-walker....
...But the main roads are empty and the narrow lanes have been reclaimed by bright-faced walkers savouring their daily allowance of exercise....
...Mr Darwall’s new business, Devon Equity Management, replaced Jupiter as the fund manager of the FTSE 250 European Opportunities Trust....
...Its members include the local authority pension funds of Avon, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire....
...In the Peak District and the Lakes, local police have locked car parks and toilets and driven walkers off the hills with drones....
...Last month Alexander Darwall confirmed he was leaving Jupiter to set up his own investment business, Devon Equity Management....
...“It’s now people’s absolute duty to go back to work,” said Charles Walker, a senior Tory MP. “This country is going to go bust.”...
..., France; Scott Forbes, London; Judith Hadley, USA Polymath 1,014: Peter Boyd, Wiltshire Crossword 16,117: Mary Aclandhood, London; Rev T K Hole, Sheffield; Robert Smith, Norfolk Polymath 1,013: Bob Walker...
...Last week, the independent board of an investment trust that Mr Darwall also manages — the £860m Jupiter European Opportunities Trust — said it would replace Jupiter with Mr Darwall’s new company, Devon...
...Walkers and voyeurs are seeing ever more of the “countryside” and are being heartened by the experience. Buttercup meadows have been glorious....
...For similar options, check Devon-based Original Baths, whose antique models are fully restored by craftsmen with years of experience. I am eyeing up an exquisite, pale-green art deco number....
...Mr Darwall will be joined at Devon Equity Management, his newly registered business, by his deputy Luca Emo and the head of Jupiter’s investment trust business Richard Pavry....
...The Pimco chief executive talks to the FT’s Owen Walker about his three years at the helm and rejuvenating the fixed income firm....
.... £1,965; viaduct.co.uk An unforgettable place I’ve travelled to in the past year is Secular Retreat, on top of a hill in South Hams on the Devon coast....
...Many of the Ashworths’ ingredients are found locally, with the lead, copper and china clay coming from nearby Devon. It is not easy work. “Ceramics is full of danger,” says Frank....
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