{"id":5862,"date":"2022-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=5862"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:14:22","slug":"travel-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/2022\/03\/29\/travel-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travel news, heritage holidays around the UK and Ireland, 6 of the best sculpture gardens, plus fairs and auctions<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Words: Rhiannon Batten<\/p>\n\n

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Don\u2019t miss our round-up of holidays for history lovers, from a Victorian baking workshop in Nottinghamshire to a trip to medieval north Wales, plus garden tours including a visit to picturesque Iford Manor (pictured above)<\/p>\n\n

Couple\u2019s Retreat<\/h4>\n\n
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A new hideaway for honeymooners and treasure-seekers, The Lund Collection is a one-bedroom holiday cottage in the Cotswolds conceived by interior design studio Bergman Design House. The interior harmoniously blends bespoke, contemporary furniture with 17th-century Chinese ceramics, 18thcentury armoires and a sense of playfulness.<\/p>\n\n

thelundcollection.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n

The shipping news<\/h4>\n\n
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For a taste of Portuguese tradition in the UK, look out for Passeite olive oil. Produced in the historic Coimbra district and sold in refillable ceramic bottles, hand-painted in a style inspired by local 15th-century designs, the oil is shipped to the UK under sail power by the hardworking crew of New Dawn Traders. newdawntraders.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n

Full bloom<\/h4>\n\n
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The hermit\u2019s grotto and bridge over the waterfall \u2013 one of 14 paintings of the landscape commissioned by the then-owners, and used to inspire the parkland\u2019s restoration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The National Botanic Garden of Wales recently completed a five-year project to restore features of a Regency-period landscape in Carmarthenshire, originally created for local businessman and MP William Paxton. The 300-acre wooded parkland has much to explore, from lakes and bridges to pathways and cascades. botanicgarden.wales<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n

Ripe for the Making<\/h4>\n\n
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At Damson Farm, garden designer Alison Jenkins\u2019 two-acre smallholding on the eastern fringes of Bath, visitors can book a range of workshops based around edible and regenerative gardening. This month, learn how to weave willow into a receptacle for the summer\u2019s bounty, with the berry basket-making course (\u00a390) led by Sarah Loughlin of Hopewood Baskets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

alisonjenkins.co.uk\/workshops<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Images: geogphotos\/Alamy Stock Photo; Vigo Jansons; Tim Jones Photography; Marcus Wootton; Thomas Hornor Monograph reproduced with the kind permission of the Grant family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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