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Gorgeous old trees warm my heart on very cold winter’s day

GOLLY, it is cold. There is a sharp frost this morning and a bright blue sky above. I am expecting my friend Matthew Coome, who is coming for another outing. Before he arrives I step outside my mother’s house to feed the birds and they are hungry. The...

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Love, friendship and loyalty in the aftermath of the Second World War

FOR the last few years during the Christmas season the Mill at Sonning has been offering something more sophisticated and satisfying than your standard panto. Following well-deserved success with Top Hat and High Society, the company has another...

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Treasured fairyland of fine and familiar that brings hope for future

MY friend Matthew Coome applies the handbrake in a shady spot inside a mature woodland about 40 yards north of the A4130, the fast road that runs from Nettlebed to Henley. No sooner than I step out of his car I realise that I’m in fairyland. We are...

We have beautiful hill to ourselves (except for abundance of flowers)

If you go down to Lambridge Wood, you’re in for lots of lovely surprises

Aunty Beeb’s glorious parkland (except for the satellite dishes)

Big, beautiful, long-lasting and life-giving... I adore majestic oak trees

Ancient droving route is so peaceful and packed with wild flowers

Force of nature has me falling head over heels in wonder of it all

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Graveyard that’s full of natural life (good job council can’t mow it)

I HEAR my first chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) of the year and am so happy to note its little onomatopoeical song. It is a tiny, lightweight warbler with many arriving here to breed after crossing the vast Sahara desert. What a journey that must...

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Tales of the riverbank with my oldest friend and some lovely sights

WHAT a great start to Friday morning. The sun rises brightly and as I step outside for a breath of fresh air I’m assaulted by lovely birdsong — blackbirds, wrens, dunnocks, greenfinches and blackcaps. Goldcrests and blue and great tits chime in....

PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

TWO entrepreneurs were forced to give up two pubs after accruing debts of more than £1.5 million. Alex Sergeant and David Holliday ran the Bottle and Glass Inn in Binfield Heath and Hart Street Tavern in Henley as separate companies. They were wound...

Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset

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Gorgeous old trees warm my heart on very cold winter’s day

Love, friendship and loyalty in the aftermath of the Second World War

Treasured fairyland of fine and familiar that brings hope for future

We have beautiful hill to ourselves (except for abundance of flowers)

If you go down to Lambridge Wood, you’re in for lots of lovely surprises

Aunty Beeb’s glorious parkland (except for the satellite dishes)

Big, beautiful, long-lasting and life-giving... I adore majestic oak trees

Ancient droving route is so peaceful and packed with wild flowers

Force of nature has me falling head over heels in wonder of it all

Graveyard that’s full of natural life (good job council can’t mow it)

Tales of the riverbank with my oldest friend and some lovely sights

PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset

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Restaurant retains award for ninth year running

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