Shocking videos captured during Spring Break shows topless women fighting on a popular US beach. The Orange Crush is a college spring break party on Tybee Island in Savannah, Georgia. The party has been hosted annually in April for almost 30 years since Savannah State University opened. …
Read More »‘I strolled among lovely Lent lilies, wild garlic and beautiful bluebells’: readers’ favourite spring walks in the UK
Winning tip: Laurie Lee’s Gloucestershire Two of the great prologues of literature begin on the same seeping bank in the village of Slad. Start the circular Laurie Lee walk from where the infant was dropped from a cart in Cider with Rosie and from where the adolescent loped off to …
Read More »Mets Broadcast Crew Enthralled by Spaceship Launch During Spring Training
Fans who attended last night’s spring training contest between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals got something extra for the price of admission in the form of a spaceship launch. The latest SpaceX ship took off during the bottom of the eighth inning in Port St. Lucie with the …
Read More »Share details of a UK spring walk … you could win a holiday voucher
With spring almost here, now’s the time for lacing up your walking boots and getting back outside. Whether it’s woodland strolls, day-long coastal walks or more challenging hikes, we’d love to hear about your favourite lesser known destinations which come into their own at this time of year. If you …
Read More »12 of the best UK breaks to celebrate spring
Apples and pears, Herefordshire This is cider country, and the Brockhampton Estate, near the Worcestershire border, is the largest orchard under the National Trust’s care, with over 145 acres of damson, pear, quince, cherry and apple trees, which blossom in great frothy clouds from late March through April. They surround …
Read More »New life buzzes from all directions: why Pembrokeshire in spring is a nature-lover’s dream
Edward Thomas’s In Pursuit of Spring, published more than a century ago, is a classic in the nature lover’s library, a lyrical account of the poet’s journey from London to Somerset seeking signs of the coming season. Setting out from a rainy Wandsworth in March 1913, shaking loose a long winter, …
Read More »Readers’ favourite spring breaks in the UK and Europe
Winning tip: Yorkshire’s magical ‘Little Switzerland’ The area around Hardcastle in West Yorkshire springs into life in mid-March. The woodland floor transforms as if by magic into a soft carpet of wildflowers with bluebells appearing later in the season. The area was once called Little Switzerland because of its steep …
Read More »Spring flowers: 10 of the best places in the UK to see them bloom
Dartington, Devon The gardening team of this estate near Totnes takes the first few months of the year seriously: spidery yellow witch hazel flowers and snowdrops are the precursor to daffodils and bluebells. Trails allow everyone to explore the 800 acres (Tramper mobility scooters can be arranged). There’s accommodation at …
Read More »Blooming lovely: 12 of the UK’s best gardens to visit in early spring
In the midst of winter with its low grey skies, the scents and colours of embryonic spring are a welcome morale booster. These gardens will offer spectacular views over the coming months, as banks of delicate snowdrops, and armies of budding daffs, bluebells and tulips return. Castle Howard, North Yorkshire …
Read More »Right to Rome: why spring is the best time to visit the Italian capital
Forget Paris in spring: Rome is both warmer and cooler in the first few months of the year. The locals are in their winter black rollneck jumpers, accessorised with equally noir-ish sunglasses. With an average of 17C by March, it’s warm enough to sit outside cafés and bars, but not …
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