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Bespoke Brazil

Bespoke Brazil is currently offering seven nights for the price of five at the luxurious Ponta dos Ganchos hotel, close to Florianopolis in southern Brazil, a saving of over £900. With its stunning location, Ponta dos Ganchos regularly appears on the list of the top hotels in South America, and is a favourite with celebrities. […]

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Headwater Holidays – Summer 2013

For summer 2013, Headwater is offering 120 unique walking and cycling choices, with routes and itineraries created around a dozen different themes and interests. Wine: World-famous vineyards await walkers in Piedmont www.headwater.com/W08PD; cyclists in Chianti  www.headwater.com/C08TY and all visitors to Alsace, the Loire and Burgundy. In regions where self-drive is popular, Headwater offer a complimentary wine pick up […]

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Festivals & Events

USA – Florida – Key Lime Festival

Salute sweet Key Lime pie and the tiny fruit that inspired it with events ranging from a pie-eating contest to a wacky world record attempt at the inaugural Key Lime Festival to be held 4-6 July 2013. Believed to have originated in Key West in the late 1800s, Key lime pie was designated Florida’s official […]

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UK – Derby Beer Festival

The 36th annual Derby Beer Festival will take place this year between 10 and 14 July. Dubbed one of the Beer Capitals of Britain, Derby is able to boast the largest number of real ales per head of population: more than 120 real ale pubs, several micro-breweries, two annual CAMRA Beer Festivals, Britain’s first and […]

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UK – Kent – The Whitstable Oyster Festival

The annual celebration of Whitstable’s most famous export; the mouth-watering Ostrea Edulis (native Whitstable Oyster) takes place Saturday 27 July – Friday 2 August. Also included in the celebration are a whole host of activities based around heritage and community, food and drinks, family and art. www.whitstableoysterfestival.com

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Recipes

Wainwright Pork

In our Check Out column we feature a range of ales produced by Thwaites, award winning brewers. We thought this particular recipe using Wainwright, one of their most popular ales, sounded quick, straightforward and tasty.