Tag Archives: Garden

It’s the time of year when nature is waking up across Europe, with great gardens and parks coming into bloom. From multi-coloured tulip displays in Dutch gardens, to cherry blossoms in parks in Germany or freshly verdant chateaux gardens in France, we want to know where you’ve been impressed by …

A plane crashed into an elderly couple’s back garden while they were watching television and they had no idea.    Pensioners Jeanette and Geoff Charley admitted they heard a “great big bang” but didn’t notice that the light aircraft had come to a halt in their flower bed last Saturday, …

One of the great parts about getting older is that you’re willing to admit that you’ve reconsidered some of your past takes and no longer believe them. At some point, myself and probably others on this website have been a bit judgement when it comes to marriage proposals at sporting …

James Bond slept until Sežana. In From Russia with Love, Ian Fleming writes that in Sežana “the hard-faced Yugoslav plain-clothes men came on board”. The Simplon-Orient-Express used by James Bond hasn’t run since 1962, and the border antics on the frontier between erstwhile Yugoslavia and Italy disappeared with the accession …

The unpaved road to the village is bumpy and sandy. For people living here, however, the path and the intense heat are part of daily life. High temperatures have not stopped Foureyratou Saidou, a single mother of four and recent widow, from tending to the community garden next to the …

Nigerian chef,  Hilda Baci’s resilience, determination and zeal to cook 250 meals in her quest to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest cooking marathon has attracted a lot of attention from both fans and celebrities. Naija News reports that Baci would be cooking for four days to …

[unpaid/sample] I have to be much more careful what I put on my skin these days – I am not bullet proof in the way that I used to be when it comes to ingredients. I’m also more thoughtful about what I apply especially when it comes to acids. I’ve …

Two youngsters have reportedly been left ‘traumatised’ by the discovery of human remains in their garden.   Tegan Mayall, 25, who lives in Aberdeen, UK told the Press and Journal her four-year-old son Noah and their neighbour’s daughter were playing in the garden of the apartment block where they live …

A 13-year-old boy has won a Guinness World Record after camping in his garden for three years.   The teenager battled winter cold and summer heatwaves, foxes, slugs and snails according to reports by Sun UK, and was once even chased by a pheasant. Max started sleeping in his garden …

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