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Heather Tulip
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Living in Cornwall. Avid reader - would spend my last £ on a book! Music is my first love, especially disco 🪩 Love walking & exploring NT properties & old churches 🙂 Work for the NT, all views expressed are my own
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Width restriction at Respryn Bridge, Cornwall
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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One of the benefits of living in Cornwall is the sheer variety of wonderful walks available. This was taken near Pendeen Watch in September 😎
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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One the highlights of my trip to the Lakes in May was the day I visited Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top in the morning then an afternoon aboard the steam yacht Gondola in the afternoon ❤️
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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No trip to Northumberland is complete without a trip to Barter Books in Alnwick, one of my favourite 2nd hand bookshops ❤️ It would be so easy to never leave!
December 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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A highlight of my Northumberland trip in May was my 16 & a half mile walk along the coast from Craster & Bamburgh 😍
Photos of beautiful Embleton Bay & Beadnell Bay
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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One of my summer highlights was being able to visit Lost Gardens of Heligan early every Thursday morning to avoid the heat & the crowds. This photo was taken in July 🙂
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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An absolute beauty of a day for my birthday back in May so I celebrated with a walk around Buttermere 😍
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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A highlight in December is a visit to Heligan Night Garden. Taken last night 🙂
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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The felt versions of Merly (dog) & Gloria (cat) are up in my tree with all the other creatures! Gloria is looking out the window as she always used to ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The ladder walk at Trelissick, Cornwall, looking sparkly this Christmas 🤩
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Christmas dinner anyone?
Trelissick, Cornwall
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Killerton’s bear with his Christmas hat on! Taken in 2023
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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One of the Christmas trees at Trelissick, Cornwall this year - I love the Mousehole Cat theme 🤩
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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View from the train window leaving Penzance station 🙂
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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The Egyptian house, Penzance
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Some of the many amazing windows at Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire 🙂
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Some of the windows in St Nicholas’ church, Moreton, Dorset, which were engraved by Sir Laurence Whistler.
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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St Winwaloe, Gunwalloe, Cornwall, also known as the church of the storms.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Also #CeilingsOnSunday
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A is for Abbey - in Hexham, Northumberland
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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One of the impressive lights that feature in the Lost Gardens of Heligan night garden trail, which takes place each winter. This one is from 2022 🙂🦉
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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I is for insects
All photos taken at Trelissick, Cornwall
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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I is for ice cream 😃
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM