Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
The Norfolk & Suffolk Broads are an area of slow-moving rivers, fens, marshes and waterlogged woodland in the eastern parts of the counties. More than 125 miles of navigable lock-free waterways provide famous boating holiday destination, studded with charming towns and villages.
Littlecote Roman Villa in Wiltshire is the only fully exposed Roman villa in Britain. It is a very large villa with an impressive mosaic floor which is open for public to see.
Tooting Bec Lido in South London is the largest open-air fresh water swimming pool in the UK at 100m by 33m, and one of the recently revived lidos in London, now extremely popular as escapes on a hot day, and for dedicated open-air swimmers.
Cheshire cheese is one of the oldest recorded named cheeses in British history: it is first mentioned, along with a Shropshire cheese, by Thomas Muffet in his book "Health's Improvement" (c. 1580). It has been said that the cheese is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but this is sadly not true!
"The Monarch of the Glen" is a very famous painting of a Scottish scene. This regal stag has been so popular over the years that it has been described as 'the ultimate biscuit tin image of Scotland'.
The Llechwedd Slate Caverns are in the Snowdonia National Park near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. This former slate quarry is now open to the public with various tours highlighting the history of slate mining in the area.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.