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© Getty Images/iStockphoto “I’ve lit the hot tub, and your bones are in the fridge” is an unusual welcome, says Felicity Cloake in The Sunday Times. But then Nicola Mills “isn’t running your average campsite”. Each of the four yurts at Mrs Mills’ Yurts dog-friendly glamping site in Gloucestershire is “bigger than my living room”. Between that and sleeping in a normal tent, “I know which one I’d prefer to share with my bed-hogging cairn terrier, Wilf”.  The yurts have ...

A THIRTEENTH century Herefordshire pub is up for sale for an asking price just shy of £600,000. The historic Mortimers Cross Inn, set on the edge of the popular Mortimer Trail at Mortimers Cross, near Leominster, is on the market with commercial estate agents Sidney Phillips with an asking price of £595,000. With downstairs bar and dining spaces featuring a wealth of exposed timbers, and seven ensuite letting rooms, the pub could be perfect for aspiring Herefordshire landlords keen to o...

Staff of the Riverside Inn in Aymestrey complete the walk to raise money for Hospitality Action. Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the hospitality industry has suffered after being forced to close for large parts of the last year. The charity was set up to help support those in the industry who have lost employment, or who are suffering from a mental or physical illness. Andy Link, chef at The Riverside Inn and his staff have raised £600 by completing the 30-mile hike. “...

Follow the links for full details of routes. A wonderful circular winter walk through woodland and along the river’s edge. A moderate 5¾ mile ramble, the walk starts at Goodrich Village Hall and follows the delightful riverbank for more than two miles, around the apex of the river’s bend, opposite Yat Rock, and takes in the memorial in Tent Meadow to The Eleven who lost their lives in Halifax Flight V9977 on June 7, 1942. While there is one long arable field in this lovely walk, it is ...