Thursday, May 23, 2013
Local charity Cambridge Past, Present and Future (CambridgePPF) has created a varied calendar of events this February to help you learn new skills and get more out of the countryside. Coton Reserve will be a hive of activity as the Rangers showcase orienteering as a different way of exploring the countryside and explain how vegetation [...]
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A new local attraction for the festive season this year will be lighting up Anglesey Abbey. Their famous winter gardens and walkways will be transformed into what can only be described at this time of year as a Winter Wonderland, with coloured lights dramatically accentuating the silver birches and other plants and trees found there. [...]
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The new Seven Acres development at Great Kneighton is about more than contemporary, sustainable homes – it’s a new way of living Skanska, the Swedish company behind the Gherkin in London, is building Seven Acres: 70 houses and 58 apartments including three and four bedroom family homes and one and two bedroom flats from £235,000 [...]
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Justin Coleman tells Explorer that sea views will be a key element in his floating home Where will you be living this winter? This winter, I’ll be living in an ocean going pedalo as I’m part of a two man team that will be attempting to pedal across the Atlantic. It’s an entirely self contained [...]
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The Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival is nearly here and several racers took time out of training to share their daydreams of ideal homes Senior Tutor Gail Hague has taught Chemistry at The Perse School (www.perse.co.uk) for 16 years and is entering the Dragon Boat race as part of an all female staff team, ‘The Perse [...]
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It’s on! This weekend the Grantchester Fair WILL take place, after being postponed earlier in the year. A pretty bike ride along the river from Cambridge in what the weather men say will be glorious sunshine (fingers crossed), this country fair looks set to be a popular event. Dr Mary Archer will formally open the [...]
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Judith Elliott, director of a management and leadership training company, chats about Cambridge networks, support groups and why she doesn’t use her office Where do you live and why? Burwell. It’s a big village about 12 miles from Cambridge with a bank, butcher, baker etc but a rural feel – as rural as a London [...]
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If you’ve been along Coldham’s Lane or Cromwell Road recently you’ll probably know that was once Greens Health and Fitness Club has now become Nuffield Health’s Cambridge Fitness and Wellbeing Centre, meaning it’s the start of a great new era for keeping fit in the city. The new-look Nuffield Health boasts some spectacular facilities and [...]
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Beautiful gowns, elegant surroundings, pretty cupcakes and pastel roses – all picture perfect and available in Cambridge! From left to right: Morwenna wears the Amber gown, Melissa wears a Tulip gown and Courtney wears the Daisy dress, all from Mia Sposa. Morwenna striking a pose by the fireplace at Barrington Hall, wearing an Aurora gown Because every bride need [...]
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Dick Dunn knows his onions after 43 years growing his own food and gave Resident a tour of his flourishing Cambridge allotment on Fanshawe Road. I found a plot when my son was one year old, sys Mr Dunn. It was full of brambles and overrun with snails so I just started clearing it. The [...]
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