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There’s a strong Swedish vibe at Lilla Stugan in Worcestershire
There’s a strong Swedish vibe at Lilla Stugan in Worcestershire
These fun, characterful boltholes with nature on the doorstep are featured in Stay Wild, a new book from Canopy & Stars
Wed 28 Apr 2021 01.30 EDT
Standing in a 100-year-old apple orchard close to the Malvern Hills and on the edge of Knapp and Papermill nature reserve, this house is the work of two generations of a family with Scandinavian heritage. There’s a strong Swedish vibe: from the structure of the “little cottage” to the pine-lined interior and the red-and-blue colour scheme. In among the trees is a huge firepit. It’s a beautiful spot, with the orchard carpeted with meadow grasses in summer and its boughs heavy with fruit in autumn, and a gate leading straight on to the nature reserve.
It depicts a Red Deer stag during a brief but heavy snowstorm in a remnant of the Caledonian Pine Forest A RED deer caught in a beautiful Scottish snow shower has taken first prize in an international wildlife photography competition. The picture by musician Phil James, 26, beat hundreds of other snaps to take the top honour in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers Living World competition. Other top photographs included a bloodied polar bear moments after feeding on a seal cub and a close-up of a resting bee. Winner James, from Staffordshire, said: “It was taken up at Alvie Estate in the Cairngorms, Scotland – on a very cold February day.