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Martin Hesp's SSSIs

'Little Switzerland' hums its own tune

Monday, December 01, 2008

Continuing his series which asks readers to name their Sites of Special Sentimental Interest, Martin Hesp has been to one of the most dramatic corners of Exmoor to meet a man who loves looking after it

FEW valley systems in the region are as deep and steep as the...

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A place that moulded history

<B>Ivor Bowditch takes Martin to Tregonning Hill, near Helston, the spot where china clay was first discovered </B>

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Continuing our series on Sites of Special Sentimental Interest, Martin Hesp has been hearing about an apparently insignificant crater in a...

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Humble beach huts bring five-star fun

Angela Sizer at her chalet at Dunster Beach, above, and sharing her SSSI and happy childhood memories with Martin Hesp, below

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Continuing our series on Sites of Special Sentimental Interest, Martin Hesp has been hearing about the delights of a traditional English...

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Finding inspiration among the sea shells

Clockwise from left: Susan Hill, who could easily spend many hours everyday at the 'inspirational' Barricane Beach; just a few of the many sea shells that can be found in abundance on the sands at the North Devon hideaway; a photograph of the beach from the 1900s when local families rivalled each other for the best spots for their big tea tents and refreshment tables with trestles and benches across the top part of the beach

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Continuing our series on people’s special places, Martin Hesp has been to a small but fascinating North Devon beach to learn about...

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Lost world of river that once roared

Vale of memories: Henry and Joyce Harris at Harbertonford. 'All up and down the valley there were mills,' he says

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Our latest Site of Special Sentimental Interest (SSSI) is a quiet stretch of water dear to the heart of one WMN reader who recalls when it...

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Secrets in the hills above ancient town

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Continuing our Sites of Special Sentimental Interest series Martin Hesp has been on the heights overlooking the old market town of BamptonTHERE...

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Proving good things come in small packages

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

THE Japanese have got Mount Fuji – they honour it, photograph it, paint pictures of it, write poems about it and generally allow that...

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Cove where the seas are a little bit wilder

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

THERE’S a shallow, sheltered valley just south of Land’s End that is a little corner of paradise perched upon the very edge of our...

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Search for Hesp's SSSI

We've invented a new kind of SSSI called Sites of Special Sentimental Interest - and they belong exclusively to you, our WMN readers. Everyone has his or her very own special place and in our series Martin Hesp sets out to explore these fascinating locations. We hope you will be suggesting your SSSIs between now and Christmas.

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