🎙️ 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟔 – 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬
Grab a cuppa, find a comfy chair and join Pauline and Kerry for another wonderfully bonkers wander around Herefordshire, where no conversation ever stays on track for very long!
This week we're chatting about everything from books and butterflies to brainboxes, black cherry ice cream and a mysterious midnight gardener who clearly has a passion for dahlias... and absolutely no appreciation for perfectly striped grass!
🌿 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐖𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧...
🎪 Taking a behind-the-scenes tour of LakeFest with Wicked Events and getting excited for another fantastic festival.
🍺 Visiting The Britannia for a surprisingly lovely pub chat.
🎼 Enjoying an unforgettable summer evening of opera at beautiful Homme House.
🦶 Discovering that insect repellent and toenail polish definitely aren't friends... especially when your feet end up looking like they've grown grass!
📚 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧 𝐀 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤
We're talking favourite books, childhood comics, unforgettable stories and the books that have made us laugh, cry and completely lose track of time.
From Shiver and Shake comics to gripping true stories, we'd love to know which book has stayed with you forever.
💐 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 & 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠
We spend a glorious afternoon making wildflower bouquets with the fabulous Wild Florist, discovering hidden floristry talents (or lack of them!), battling the wind and being expertly escorted by Walter the dog.
🍦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞
Mint choc chip? Black cherry? Mr Whippy? Or are you still dreaming about the legendary Locks Garage ice creams?
We also hear about Oakchurch's delicious plans to create a special ice cream supporting Lee's Place... and now we're all craving a scoop or three!
⏳ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐧 𝐀 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐞?
Inspired by a local school, we wonder what memories, keepsakes and treasures deserve to be buried for future generations to discover.
🦋 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
We're off to Ross-on-Wye, chatting about butterflies, hummingbird moths, local quiz nights and discovering that Kerry isn't quite as keen on things flapping around her face as she is on Herefordshire!
🧠 𝐖𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐀-𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝?
Who would you call if you were on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
We hear lovely stories about the clever people in our lives, the parents who always seemed to know everything and those friends who somehow have an answer for absolutely anything.
🌼 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫
Possibly our strangest mystery yet...
Someone has been secretly mowing grass in the middle of the night... planting unexpected dahlias... and causing absolute horticultural chaos in Peterstow!
Who are they?
Why are they doing it?
Should there be sandwiches on the stakeout?
We're on the case...
☕ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐓𝐞𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧
Pauline accidentally breaks one of village life's unwritten rules and discovers that making the tea before you've earned your place can cause more drama than an entire season of Midsomer Murders!
Who knew custard creams could be so controversial?
💚 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬
🥚 Barry's brilliant Egg Hut is bringing a community together one conversation at a time.
🎨 We also celebrate talented young local artist Mabel and the fantastic creativity being showcased right here in Herefordshire.
💬 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!
We'd love to hear from you...
📖 What's your favourite book?
🍦 Which Herefordshire ice cream gets your vote?
⏳ What would you hide inside a time capsule?
🧠 Who's the cleverest person you know?
🌼 And... who do YOU think is secretly gardening in Peterstow under the cover of darkness?
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