Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, formed largely of a shingle beach. A combination of factors - the endless shingle, strange plants, boat skeletons, lighthouses, nuclear power station, nature reserve, miniature railway and miniature houses, plus the brooding near presence of the MOD combine to make this an eerie place.
The Skylark is our most common lark and is the subject of much poetry and a famous piece of music by Vaughan Williams. The bird is loved for its high-pitched trilling song, which it makes high in the air over open countryside in summer.
William Heath Robinson was a visual artist known for the humorous drawings that resulted from his fertile and inventive imagination. His name entered the language as early as 1912, and is still deployed today, when 'Heath Robinson' is used to describe the kind of outrageous contraptions that featured in many of his illustrations and cartoons.
Kilver Court gardens in Shepton Mallet, Somerset were once the grounds of a country house. The impressive planting and waterfall are overlooked by the disused Charlton Railway Viaduct as it crosses the River Sheppey - providing a breathtaking 15-metre-high backdrop to the gardens.
Morris dancing, an English folk tradition particularly associated with May Day, is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins to musical accompaniment. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may also be wielded.
This is a magnificent 48-span railway viaduct, crossing the River Calder close to the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It was built between 1846 and 1850 in a combination of red and blue bricks.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.