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...It is a fossil fuel- and plastic-free event and proudly celebrates local traders, with two-thirds of its 175 chalets showcasing the best of the south west: from Mendip Hills Aldwick Estate wines to Colebrook...
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...Consider Somerset-based Mendip Stoves, too. For every stove sold, Mendip makes a donation to the Woodland Trust. Safeguarding the future of ancient woodland should be high on our list of priorities....
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...Bordered to the south by the Mendip Hills — an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) — within striking distance of Bristol and Bath and dotted with dairy farms and pretty stone-built villages, the valley...
...Meanwhile, at Tarq, director Hena Kapadia was delighted to have sold a “couple of Indian buyers their first works”....
...Flavoured with botanicals including rowan berries, yarrow and gorse flowers foraged in the Mendips, it forgoes the traditional bitterness in favour of rounded toffee-apple notes that go very well with pudding...
...Hunstrete House, Pensford BS39 4NS; 01761 490490; www.thepighotel.com The Crown at Whitebrook Tucked in a valley with the Whitebrook river flowing right outside the door, the Crown is an ideal place to...
...The Ethicurean is a restaurant set in a walled garden at the foot of the Mendips – traditional Somerset cider country....
...Where to stay The recently refurbished Swan in Wedmore makes a relaxed and stylish base for exploring the Mendip Hills, the city of Wells and Cheddar Gorge (www.theswanwedmore.com)....
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...The Somerset Cider Map is available from tourist information centres in the area, the producers, and at somersetcidermap.wordpress.com John Sunyer was a guest of Burcott Mill (doubles from £70; www.burcottmill.com...
...Who Knight Frank, www.knightfrank.com, tel: +44 (0)1225 325999...
...For camping at Pentre Mawr, see www.hottubsafari.co.uk and Wallett’s Court Hotel, see www.wallettscourthotelspa.com....
...For information on visiting the Burren, see www.burrennationalpark.ie and www.discoverireland.com...
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...Guardian of the nature reserves of Ebbor Gorge and Rodney Stoke in the Mendip Hills, he knows every cranny and cave of this delectable slice of North Somerset....
...Follow green East Mendip Way signs east for 2½ miles by King’s Castle Wood, Lyatt, Furzy Sleight and Sleight Lane to West Lane (596453); turn right into Croscombe....
...Still, Choose What You Read may face competition from an unlikely new quarter: last month, the Somerset village of Westbury-sub-Mendip made the news by transforming its defunct phone box (killed by the mobile...
...June 3-4. ₤20 per day. www.eatyourownears.com - The Nokia Isle of Wight. Festival, June 9-11. Sold out. www.isleofwightfestival.com - Sonar, Barcelona....
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