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...One of the houses on the estate, Swangrove, is in the middle of the woods and would make a romantic honeymoon spot....
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...Bill Mason (Aged 98) Beckenham, Kent, UK...
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...The couple moved from central London to the outskirts of the village of Downe, then part of Kent, in 1842 to accommodate their growing family....
...In the UK, where Unyoked so far has 10 cabins, a workshop in Kent is knocking out three new ones per month....
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...Since launching earlier this year, Exeter-based wood cabin and sauna manufacturer Out of the Valley has sold about 20 outdoor saunas, which cost from £30,000....
...Eversheds Sutherland became the latest to announce such a formal co-operation agreement last month, in their case with King & Wood Mallesons in China....
...Inside, the state rooms (which are open to visitors) are a riot of Kent’s decorative opulence....
...Their wide, white forms create a striking juxtaposition with the tones of the iroko wood base on the Wobble table lamp, which launched last year....
...Ecoventura also has a new partner for all its Galápagos cruises in the form of global travel outfitters Abercrombie & Kent, which makes the booking and the before-and-after stays in the gorgeous mainland...
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...When I need to feel inspired, I walk – in the woods near my Connecticut home, in the city streets or in Ravello, where you feel as close to heaven as one can on earth....
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...Their plan was to make a night crossing of the Channel to land on the Kent coast. By the early hours of the morning, the boat had reached the midway point of the Channel....
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...Wright and colleagues at Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust, two charities, will prepare to release them into West Blean and Thornden Woods, five miles from Canterbury in Kent....
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