Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Pen y Fan is the highest peak in south Wales, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park. At 886 metres (2,907 ft) above sea-level, it is also the highest peak in southern Britain (ie south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia).
Adlington Hall in Cheshire started life as a Saxon hunting lodge, and in the 14th century, it came into the Legh family who still own the hall today, and have added further impressive elements to the building over the following centuries. One of its most notable features is the oldest surving British pipe organ.
One of the delights of late spring is the scent of lilacs - an aroma that carries and lets you know lilacs are nearby even when you can't see the bushes or small trees.
We hear in Bond films and other stories about secret service organisation MI6, tasked with controlling British espionage abroad, and domestic espionage specialist MI5. But there were once other MI (Military Intelligence) secret service operators ...
Myrddin Wyltt was a bard who lived in the sixth century, on which the Arthurian myth of the wizard Merlin is reputedly heavily based. His character has been described as madman, prophet and mystic, and many tales have been told about him.
The Tan Hill Inn, in the Yorkshire Dales, is the UK’s highest altitude pub at 1,732ft above sea level, and dates from the 17th Century. For many centuries there were shallow coal mines here, resulting in several miners' cottages, and the inn. The cottages have since been demolished, but the Tan Hill Inn remains, providing bed and beer for walkers, travellers and tourists on the Pennine Way between Kendal and Newcastle.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.