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Pack up a picnic and enjoy the great outdoors

1:20pm Thursday 21st August 2008

PACK a picnic, lace up your walking boots and put your best foot forward for a day that will cost you very little, but give you an unrivalled taste of the great outdoors and the beauty of the Herefordshire landscape.

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Adventures on offer at Weston Park

1:19pm Thursday 21st August 2008

IN Staffordshire, there’s more low-cost fun to be had as Weston Park has extended its Kids Go Free voucher for the whole of August. Children can gain free entry to the park and gardens by downloading a voucher direct from the website at weston-park.com When accompanied by a paying adult, each voucher entitles free entry for one child to the 1,000-acre estate which includes an adventure playground, giant outdoor games in the courtyard, a medieval deer park and Pendrell’s Cave.

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Step back in time

1:18pm Thursday 21st August 2008

JUST six miles beyond Abergavenny lies the World Heritage site of Blaenavon, offering a fascinating day packed with activities.

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Be brought to book at Cathedral

1:17pm Thursday 21st August 2008

WHEN it comes to thinking about things to do during the summer holidays it’s very easy to forget about the attractions to be found close to home.

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Hop to it and save a frog

9:12pm Friday 15th August 2008

THIS year is the Year of the Frog and at Bristol Zoo you can not only adopt a frog and help the global effort to save 2000 endangered species of amphibians, you can also play some frog-friendly games, including 'newts and crosses'.

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Gardens go on show

1:55pm Thursday 7th August 2008

MOORS Meadow Garden and Nursery Moors Meadow is an intriguing and eclectic garden, full of appeal to the true plantsman.

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Back to nature

1:50pm Thursday 7th August 2008

GET up close with nature with the WildPlay Nature Rangers who are running events for children (aged up to 13 years) and families to experience the outdoors and have some fun.

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Step back to Tudor times

1:50pm Thursday 7th August 2008

ON Wednesday, August 13, Hereford Cathedral takes a step back into the time of the Tudors for a Tudor Holyday, with a concert of period instruments and music workshops.

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Building on history

1:49pm Thursday 7th August 2008

SOME of the best days out are the ones which combine indoors and outdoors – and there are plenty of places within reach of Hereford that hit that particular spot.