February 8, 2026

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Category : Country Life

We’re back to help you enjoy the great outdoors’

We’re back to help you enjoy the great outdoors’

ByMartin PaulJun 26, 2021

FULL services have been restored at the Bowlees Visitor Centre with the return of the information centre, indoor dining, the full reopening of the cafe and access to the exhibition…

The one that didn’t get way from angler Shane

The one that didn’t get way from angler Shane

ByStuart LaundyJun 19, 2021

A DAY’S fishing on fly-only Hury reservoir took an unusual turn for a dale angler.At first, Shane Jackson simply thought he had hooked something on the bottom – but then…

Ewe’ll never believe the age of Miss Piggy the Hebridean sheep

Ewe’ll never believe the age of Miss Piggy the Hebridean sheep

ByTeesdale MercuryJun 19, 2021

A HEBRIDEAN sheep named Miss Piggy due to her voracious appetite may be one of the oldest of the breed on record.A smallholding in Newsham run by Carol Hamilton is…

Flora and fauna: History of teasel will leave you in a spin

Flora and fauna: History of teasel will leave you in a spin

ByTeesdale MercuryJun 13, 2021

Teasel (Dipsacus sativus) Fuller’s teasel, Brushes-and-combsTEASEL is a large plant, up to six feet high, and common on waste ground, roadsides and rough pasture, particularly on clay soils. It is…

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