The Iron Age hillfort once used by Romans tucked away in a Plymouth wood
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The England delusion - Prospect Magazine
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On the lane leading down from the hamlet towards the Senesse stream, there are verges of a flowery profusion that always amaze and delight. The orchids are the stars of this show. The oolite and boulder clay hereabouts is the perfect habitat for them. I’ve seen them thrive elsewhere. Abandoned limestone quarries in the Welsh Marches or the Peak District, the dune slacks of Morfa Harlech, clearings in Newborough Forest – all can give fine displays. But for size, variety, proliferation, I’ve never encountered anywhere with quite these riches.
Orchidaceae are strange – capricious, spectacular, difficult to propagate (one reason among many never to steal them from their native habitat, as unscrupulous collectors are wont to do). I remember a woman at Llanymynech in tears at trowel holes that were all that remained of a colony of bee orchids that she had driven many miles to photograph. I could have wept too, though I’d confess to an ambivalence toward
AN MP’s grand Llanfyllin home is up for sale for a huge £2.6million. Simon Baynes MP, who holds the Clwyd South seat, is looking to offload his stunning property, Bodfach Hall – a 13-bedroom Georgian Grade II-listed residence surrounded by more than 80 acres of land. The property, which is listed with Mark Wiggin Estate Agents of Ludlow, hosts the popular annual Llanfyllin Show. Mr Baynes and his wife Maggie purchased the property in 2007. The 83-acre plot features formal and informal gardens, woodland, an orchard, paddocks, parkland, a lake and river. The property is described as an impressive, historic country house by the estate agent.