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woodland E17 Art Trail Special

Every year the arts community of E17 opens its doors and lets you in for an impressive festival of the arts. This year they are celebrating their 10th year and are hosting the biggest trail to date with 300 planned events.

 

 

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Free range art

walking“It is the month of June,

The month of leaves and roses,

When pleasant sights salute the eyes,

                                         and pleasant scents the noses”

                                                                                                     Nathaniel Parker Willis

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Keep on running

176This Sunday is the London marathon. I’ve never had the urge to run a marathon myself but I have a huge amount of respect for all the crazily dressed ‘fun’ runners out there. If you’re not pounding the streets, or lining the streets cheering people on here, are a few things to keep you busy, you’ll probably need to run a marathon with all the foodie events going on this weekend.
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Sweet April showers do spring May flowers

Smog and traffic“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.”   Mark Twain

The warmer weather brings with it smog and this year it is mixed with sand making the air quality particularly poor. But don’t despair, hopefully it will have blown over by the weekend, just in time for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. Seen one boat race, seen them all? Try something else instead. Continue reading