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Dig your own Christmas Tree in Essex

This Dig Your Own Christmas Tree in Essex page has been a popular one over the last couple of years!

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Cycle Route : Cudmore Grove to The Company Shed (and back again)

Cycle Route : Cudmore Grove to The Company Shed (and back again)

After a slightly overcast day yesterday, a glorious morning saw up pop our bikes on the cycle rack and head over to Mersea Island for a leisurely ride.

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Layer Marney Tower Beer and Music Festival

Layer Marney Tower Beer and Music Festival

After a morning cycling round the countryside doing the Tour of Tendring, a relaxing afternoon was the order of the day, and we picked well in heading off to Layer Marney Tower for their mini beer and music festival.

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Tour de Tendring 2011

Tour de Tendring 2011

The long-standing Tour de Tendring cycle ride was a big success yesterday. Over 1,000 cyclists took part, choosing either the shorter 20mile route, or the longer 50 mile route. It was my first organised cycle ride, and the day dawned bright, with an overnight shower – having had several weeks of virtually rain-free weather, it [...]

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Cycle Route : Felsted and Pleshey

Cycle Route : Felsted and Pleshey

Most of my cycle routes to date have been circular ones from Colchester, based on the very simple logic that I didn’t have a cycle rack for the car, and I’ve only had a single one-way ride (Chelmsford to Colchester, having got the train to Chelmsford). That changed at the weekend, after the purchase of [...]

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RHS Garden Hyde Hall

RHS Garden Hyde Hall

We finally made it to RHS Garden Hyde Hall today, and were hugely impressed!

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The Gardens of Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow

The Gardens of Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow

We’ve driven around the north-west of Essex for many years, seeing the brown tourist signs for The Gardens of Easton Lodge, and finally got there today. They are only open on a limited number of days throughout the year, and this was the first of the main season (they were open for the snowdrops in [...]

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Lambs at Marsh Farm

Lambs at Marsh Farm

If you would like to take your children or grandchildren to see some new born lambs in the next few weeks,  then a good place to go is Marsh Farm in South Woodham Ferrers. I was there today in the sunshine and loved it!

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What’s happening in Essex over Easter?

In case you didn't spot it : the menu at the top of the page now has a link to page we've put together highlighting some special events scheduled across Essex over the Easter Holidays.

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Battlesbridge Antiques Centre

Battlesbridge Antiques Centre

We’ve been meaning to visit Battlesbridge for some time, and go there yesterday on a lovely Spring morning. We were surprised at just how much there is there!

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