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‘The greatest biodiversity in Britain’ – A tour of the Isle of Purbeck ‘super’ nature reserve

Mike Leigh’s brilliant 1976 Dorset-based comedy Nuts in May begins with Keith and Candice-Marie taking the chain ferry from Sandbanks across the mouth of Poole harbor to the Isle of Purbeck; they camp here, visit Corfe Castle, walk along the mighty Jurassic coastline. and gets into an argument with a young Brummie couple named Finger… Read More »

The new King Charles III England Coast Path is intended to benefit everyone. Here’s where to walk

The sky over East Quantoxhead in north Somerset is gloomy. Natural England officer Neil Constable treads six inches deep mud as he walks along the path to the beach through fields of yellow rapeseed. As a heavy downpour engulfs him, a flash of lightning and thunder heralds the clouds to clear. It’s an ominous day… Read More »