NIGEL HEATH SPENDS A MOST MORABLE DAY WALKING THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL
The Grand Western Canal runs for eleven glorious miles through rolling mid-Devon countryside with distant views of Exmoor – all the way from Tiverton to a remote and shady Lowdwells Basin in the...
View ArticleEmilio Isgrò Erasing to Create – at the Estorick Collection, London until 6...
The Italian visual artist Emilio Isgrò is older than the Italian Republic which turned 80 this year. The Estorick and the Italian Consulate celebrate this milestone with an evocative, innovative and...
View ArticleA VISIT TO ST IVES, THE ONE BY A RIVER AND NOT BY THE SEA
By Nigel Heath At one end of the iconic Golden Lion Hotel, a bustling coaching inn since the 18th century and overlooking the picturesque main square in the old market town of St Ives in...
View ArticleOSWESTRY’S HISTORIC WYNNSTAY HOTEL MAKES THE PERFECT BASE FOR VISITING THREE...
By Nigel Heath Enter the historic Wynnstay Hotel in the old Shropshire market town of Oswestry and you will be following in the footsteps of a young Queen Victoria. For dating back to the 1770s the...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH TAKES AN AUTUMN BREAK IN PEMBROKESHIRE
It was to be a time for stepping back into industrial history and some sunny surprises as my wife, Jenny, and I strolled down wooded Pleasant Valley to reach the shining sea at Wiseman’s Bridge on the...
View ArticleWalking The Chiltern Way
Every now and again the weather gods smile down on my walking companion and poet, Peter Gibbs, and I as we follow our year-round progress of walks across Britain every twelve weeks and have been doing...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH FINDS A DIGGING FOR VICTORY THEME AT THE RHS MALVERN’S 2025...
It was the WWII Digging for Victory Campaign which suddenly came to mind as my wife Jenny and I, joined hundreds of other gardening enthusiasts observing a two-minutes silence at noon on the 80th...
View ArticleUPCYCLE: From Packaging to Art (GPS Gallery, 36 Great Pulteney Street WNF...
When, in 1917, Marcel Duchamp revolutionised art with The Fountain, a urinal turned on its side, “signed” with the letters R. Mutt and placed on a functional pedestal, the world had its first Ready...
View ArticleADVENTURE ON THE CHILTERN WAY
Mature Times travel writer, Nigel Heath, walks the Chiltern Way Our latest walking adventure meandering around the one hundred and thirty-four mile long Chiltern Way began with a positioning stay at...
View ArticleTRAVEL WRITER NIGEL HEATH SPENDS A FASCINATING DAY IN THE YESTERYEAR WORLD OF...
Three spitfires evoking vivid memories of WWII when Great Britain stood alone soared and dived through sombre grey skies over the Sussex countryside. Below and some sixty minutes later the evocative...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH REVISITS HISTORIC WELLS IN SOMERSET BUT HAS ANOTHER MISSION IN MIND
Sir Winston Churchill it appears loved the small city and market town of Wells in Somerset with its stunning Gothic Cathedral and lovely Bishop’s Palace Gardens nestled at the foot of the Mendip...
View ArticleGOING ASTRAY ON THE STAFFORDSHIRE WAY
By Nigel Heath We did a giant leapfrog when we returned to complete the very rural Staffordshire Way. My lifelong walking companion and poet Peter Gibbs and I had walked our first three days on this...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH SPENDS A FASCINATING MINI BREAK VISITING CORNISH GARDENS, A...
Waves of mist were drifting in across the bleakness of Bodmin Moor as my wife Jenny and I pulled into the car park of the famous Jamaica Inn. It was instantly obvious to see how famous authoress...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH AND HIS GARDENING ENTHUSIAST WIFE JENNY ENJOY A GRAND DAY OUT AT...
What a fabulous way to spend a day strolling around The Royal Horticultural Society’s spectacular Spring Show on the Three Counties Showground set against the stunning backdrop of the undulating and...
View ArticleIdeas for a Relaxing Day Trip in the UK
For an interesting day out, England and the UK in general are littered with fabulous day trips that take you into the biggest cities the country has to offer or maybe some of the most popular...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH ENJOYS A WALKING MINI BREAK IN DUNSTER
Lady Luck was shining on us as we drove into the picturesque Somerset village of Dunster and straight into an empty parking space in front of the centuries old yarn market and right outside the...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH STEPS BACK IN TIME ON A MINI ROAD TRIP TO STONEHENGE AND BEYOND
It only took my wife Jenny and I a two-and-a-half-hour drive from our home in Monmouthshire to step back almost to the dawn of history and feast our eyes on one of the most famous heritage sites in...
View ArticleSTUNNING HAMPSHIRE GARDENS AND THE NEW F0REST
By Nigel Heath Nestled amid the trees in the North Hampshire Downs, is the delightful little village of Upton Grey. Here back in 1908, the famous garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll, was commissioned by...
View ArticleNIGEL HEATH FINDS MUCH TO ENJOYS ON A WINTER MINIBREAK
“It’s just like being in France,” my wife Jenny remarked as we wandered around this small historic city’s crowded and colourful market square in the towering shadow of a magnificent Gothic cathedral....
View Article6 tips to child-proof your boat for the best family trips
Sometimes you want to spend precious time with your family in new environments. Changing your surroundings is essential because experiencing different things can help you and your kids de-stress and...
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