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24 ‘Finding nature saved my life’
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It’s nice up north! From rolling hills to gothic
mills, there’s plenty to do whether you’re exploring England’s
only mountain range, the birthplace of The Beatles or
Northumberland’s unspoilt, castle-lined coast…
BRIEF
ENCOUNTER
Make like Celia
Johnson and Trevor
Howard in the
refreshment room
of Carnforth Station
in Lancashire where
David Lean filmed
the 1945 classic,
Brief Encounter. Now
a proper Heritage
Centre, restored
to its Forties glory,
we’re all sure to get
something in our
eyes as we await
our very own Alec
Harvey to whisk us
off our feet. There’s
also exhibitions
dedicated to the film,
David Lean and the
age of steam.
Call 01524 735165
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Film classic
Rail lovers should
also head to the
National Railway
Museum in York,
which promises a
packed day of
steam-powered fun.
Call 0844 815 3139
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A twinkling
treasure
Let your imagination run
wild on the County Durham
beach of Seaham where
generations have been
foraging for beautiful sea
glass. Here delicately frosted
pieces of glass, worn smooth
like pebbles by the waves,
peep out from the sand in
a magical carpet of colourful
little gems.
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For day-trippers
The influence of the
city’s most famous sons,
The Beatles, can be felt
everywhere in Liverpool. But
for something off the beaten
track, see the real Penny
Lane, where Paul and John
used to meet to catch the
bus into town. See how many
of the songs’ references, from
the barber shop to the fire
station, you can spot beneath
the blue suburban skies. The
Cavern Club (call 0151 236
9091) is also open for you
to nosey round and listen
to live music. Free until 8pm
weekdays, 12pm weekends.
n SAT NAV: Penny Lane L18
1DE, Cavern Club L2 6RE
STAND AND STARE
...across four miles of
stunning red sandstone
cliffs at St Bees Head,
Cumbria and see at the
largest seabird colony on
the west coast of England.
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The Cavern Club
BIRD WATCH
Woodlands and wetlands, lakes and
walks make Rainton Meadows
Nature Reserve in County
Durham the perfect place
to watch more than 200
species of bird, including
all five British
owl species.
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Ripon Cathedral
Where the art is
Surrounded by the north’s
outstanding natural beauty, it’s
no wonder countless artists, from
LS Lowry to Henry Moore, have
been inspired to pick up their
brushes. Many art galleries have
free access, including the
wonderful Lady Lever Art Gallery,
Birkenhead and Manchester Art
Gallery but for something a bit
different we love:
n THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH spreads its
wings across the Gateshead skyline. Seen
from miles around, these 200 tonnes of steel
are even more amazing close up!
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n PAINTED ILLUSION TRAIL. Wander
the alleyways of the seaside town of
Staithes, following the trail looking for
illusions, from lifelike painted seagulls to
mermaids, created by artist Paul Czainski.
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n SALT’S MILL, SALTAIRE is a freeto-visit
hub of hundreds of artworks,
including David Hockney’s.
Call 01274 531163
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Yorkshire
rocks!
Two of the most awe-inspiring natural
sights in the north have to be Malham
Cove, a magnificent, gently curving
amphitheatre of white limestone, and
nearby Gordale Scar, which features an
awesome hidden gorge. Both natural
rock formations were created millions
of years ago by the Ice Age and are true
jewels in the crown of the Yorkshire Dales
National Park. You can do a circular walk
passing both, which also stops by the
picturesque waterfall of Janet’s Foss.
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I-SPY THE SPIRE
The north is home to some gobsmacking cathedrals,
from Liverpool’s spaceship-shaped one to the majesty
of Durham’s, but for a real favourite that’s free to visit,
head to the market town of Ripon. A strange mismatch
of Anglo-Saxon and Gothic architecture, Ripon
Cathedral’s glorious stained glass windows and regular
free concerts are a treat for the senses.
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Angel of the North
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Get behind the lens of a TV camera,
try your hand at news-reading
and meddle like a mad scientist at
The National Science
and Media Museum,
Bradford. Explore
the new Supersenses
exhibition where you
can hear the Big Bang,
test your tastebuds and
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healthy body
Move
yourself
Staying active helps you maintain a
healthy weight, it boosts your circulation
and gets your skin glowing. It could also help
you to fight back against muscle loss, keeping
you strong and improving your balance. Working
out keeps your lungs and heart healthy, lowering
levels of unhealthy cholesterol, reducing blood
pressure and helping your body stay responsive to
insulin, thus reducing your risk of Type 2 diabetes.
Any kind of activity that raises your heart rate and
makes you breathe a little harder counts, but
did you know that some workouts are
especially beneficial when it comes to
making you look and feel younger
than your years?
So you know you need
to stay fit – but did you know
specific types of exercise
can actually help turn back
the clock? By Charlotte Haigh
YOUNGER
For: Inside-out age reversal
YOU NEED: HIIT
High-intensity interval training
(HIIT) involves alternating
short bursts of intense activity
with recovery periods of low
intensity exercise. For example,
in the swimming pool, you
could do one length of the
pool as fast as you can, then
one slow, repeating four to six
times – or a 20-second jog
followed by 90 seconds
of slower walking,
repeated four to six times.
Research has shown HIIT is
at least as effective as longer
workouts for boosting overall
fitness. Now a study has found
it could reverse the internal
ageing process; HIIT boosts the
energy-producing cells – called
mitochondria – and helps them
build muscle, which in turn
helps you burn the glucose you
get from your food. This can
boost energy and reduce your
chances of Type 2 diabetes.
n For more information on HIIT
visit your local gym
Research has found that yoga could be
particularly helpful with lower back pain,
freeing you up to get on with your daily life
Aim for 30
minutes of
activity, for
example a
brisk walk
five times a
week, plus
resistance
sessions
that help to
strengthen
your legs,
buttocks,
arms, chest
and tummy
There are few things
that feel as ageing as
stiff, painful joints. And
that’s where yoga comes
in. It teaches flowing
postures to help safely
stretch out your joints.
Research carried out by
For: Flexible joints
YOU NEED: YOGA
Arthritis UK has found
it could be particularly
helpful with lower back
pain, freeing you up to
get on with your daily
life and helping to boost
your confidence in your
movements, too.
For: Age-defying balance
YOU NEED: PILATES
For: Heart health
YOU NEED: CYCLING
A recent study from the University of
Glasgow found a daily bike ride could
halve your risk of heart disease.
While the research looked at
people who cycle to work, fitting in
any amount of cycling on as many
days as possible is beneficial to your
heart, helping it work harder without
putting too much strain on your joints.
n Build up slowly if you’re not
used to cycling. Stick to fairly
flat terrain to begin with
and try slightly hilly
terrain once your
fitness improves
Get the benefits by
doing a class at least
once a week.
n Find a teacher through
the British Wheel of Yoga
www.bwy.org.uk, or check
local community
listings
If your balance is a little off, you’re more likely to experience a painful
fall – but a regular Pilates class could make all the difference. A
review of studies found that Pilates is one of the best forms of
exercise for improving balance. The experts believe that
this is because it helps to build core strength, working all
the muscles that help to hold you upright. Plus there’s the
added bonus that it helps to improve your posture, making
you look younger and slimmer instantly.
n Find a class in your area at www.pilatesnearyou.co.uk or check local listings
For: Brain power
YOU NEED: DANCING
American research suggests dancing
helps to protect your brain against
dementia. The reason? It involves making
split-second decisions, particularly if
you’re improvising. So while dancing
rehearsed steps or following a teacher at
your favourite Zumba class are still great
for giving your brain a boost, ideally
you should pick the type of dancing
where you have to make small decisions
yourself about the steps to take.
n Put on some tunes at home or look for
local dance classes – anything from salsa to
ballroom will get your grey matter firing
For: Bone health
YOU NEED: WEIGHT TRAINING
Weight-bearing exercise – such as
brisk walking or skipping – could help
you maintain your bone density. But
resistance training using weights is
also important because it can boost
bloodflow to your bones, helping to
strengthen them.
And you don’t necessarily have
to be lifting heavy weights – recent
research suggests low-weight, highrepetition
resistance training could
increase bone mineral density by up
to 29 per cent in postmenopausal
women, even in those with
osteopenia, a condition that can
precede osteoporosis.
n Buy some light weights and do some
simple lifting exercises with them at home.
Visit www.yours.co.uk/1inch for some
ideas, or check local listings for circuit-style
fitness classes in your area
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ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR GP BEFORE STARTING ANY NEW EXERCISE REGIME

She’s been one of
the UK’s bestselling
children’s authors
for years. Now,
as she releases a
brand-new book,
Julia Donaldson
talks Gruffalos,
grandchildren
and how to get
into writing fiction
By Katharine Wootton
When Julia Donaldson
was a little girl, she
loved nothing more
than losing herself
in her gran’s gigantic
book of Edward Lear poems. Now she’s
a gran herself, she’s constantly leading
her four grandchildren down the rabbit
hole into wonderful imaginary worlds
with her tall tales and silly stories.
In fact, just the other day her garden
was transformed into a promenade
theatre overrun with a cast of tiny,
over-giddy wild animals as she and
the grandchildren acted out stories
in the sun.
But Julia Donaldson isn’t just
any normal gran with a teeming
imagination. She is one of the UK’s
bestselling authors, having written
countless children’s classics including
Room on the Broom, Stick Man and, of
Julia with her mostfamous
creation…
the Gruffalo!
‘My
grandchildren
inspire me’
course, The Gruffalo, which has sold more
than 17 million copies worldwide and been
both a stage show and an animated film.
Having grown up in a house full of
music, poems and stories, Julia started
her career writing funny songs for
children’s TV programmes, including
Play School and Play Away, having sent
in a tape of her work to the BBC. “They’d
ask me to write songs about all kinds of
topics, from prehistoric fish to horrible
smells. The briefs could be quite
strange!” she laughs.
Eventually one of her songs,
A Squash and a Squeeze, was turned
into a picture book in 1993 – something
that gave her the confidence to turn her
hand to children’s fiction.
As a fan of old folk stories, she’d
been researching traditional tales from
around the world when she hit upon an
idea that would change her life for good.
“I came across an old Chinese story
about a little girl who was going to be
eaten by a tiger but she tricks him into
thinking everyone’s afraid of her, when
actually they’re scared of the tiger. I
started turning this into a book but
couldn’t get anything to rhyme
with tiger. That’s when I decided it
was going to be an imaginary scary
animal instead.”
She came up with the lines: ‘Silly old
Fox, doesn’t he know/ There’s no such
thing as a…’ and suddenly Gruffalo came
to mind, not realising that she’d just
created a character millions of children
around the world would come to adore.
Charmingly modest, she’s unsure
why the book became such a hit, but
suggests that “perhaps there weren’t
many adventure stories as picture
books at the time and children are
always obsessed by monsters.”
‘When my first granddaughter
was ten months
old I wrote my first baby
book based on all the
lovely things such as
pointing and waving
she’d started doing’
Another factor is the beautiful
illustrations, drawn by Axel Scheffler,
that bring her stories to even brighter
life. Axel illustrated her latest book, The
Ugly Five, which she wrote following
a recent trip to South Africa with her
husband, Malcolm.
“While on safari, we
spotted wildebeests and my
husband said he’d always
had a soft spot for them as
they were maligned and
ungainly but magnificent,
too. Our ranger explained the
wildebeest was one of the
Ugly Five, along with the warthog,
hyena, lappet-faced vulture
and marabou stork, all of which
contrasted the hugely admired Big
Five of the lion, leopard, elephant,
rhino and buffalo. I was fascinated
by this and immediately thought
it would make a great picture book. I
knew exactly what the storyline would
be – which is very rare for me.”
All of Julia’s stories, once written,
then get tested out on Malcolm, her
paediatrician husband of 45 years.
“I check all the words work out loud
and if Malcolm stumbles over any bits
or puts a stress in the wrong place, I’ll
have another look at that line.”
Her grandchildren also love to read
her stories out loud.
“I’m always amazed by how quickly
the children learn the books. Just
the other day I was acting out one of
my books, The Giant Jumperee, with
my four-year-old grandson who was
playing the cat and I was the rabbit.
I expected to have to prompt him
with the lines because we’d only
read the book once or twice
but he knew all the words
by heart.”
star chat
Julia top tips for budding
children’s writers
n Get hold of The Children’s Writers’
and Artists’ Yearbook – it’s a great
source of information
n Try to be clued up on what else is
out there and the different genres of
children’s fiction
n Give your character a problem and
make it get worse before it gets better
And Julia’s grandchildren are often
a great source of inspiration. “When
my first granddaughter was ten months
old I wrote my first baby book based
on all the lovely things such as pointing
and waving she’d started doing. Then
I did one called There’s an Owl in my
Towel because my granddaughter
Poppy had a towel with a picture of
an owl on it. They’re often giving
me ideas.”
n The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson and
Axel Scheffler, rrp £12.99, is available from
September 7 (published by Alison Green
Books). You can order a signed copy from
Julia’s local bookshop by visiting
www.steyningbookshop.co.uk/books
n Julia is performing her show Gruffalos,
Ladybirds and Other Beasts at Leicester
Square Theatre on September 9-10.
Call 0207 734 2222 or visit www.
leicestersquaretheatre.com
We have five copies of The
Ugly Five to give away. Send
a postcard marked The Ugly
Five to Box 57, Coates
PE7 2FF by Sept 15, 2017. If
you don’t wish to receive
further information from
Yours, write No Further
Contact on your card
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Julia’s new
book The
Ugly Five was
inspired by an
African safari
Above, in her props
room. Below, Julia tests
out all her stories on
husband Malcolm
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FOR YOU
PICS: AXEL SCHEFFLER, WRITER PICTURES, REX/SHUTTERTSTOCK,
STEVE ULLATHORNE, PETER MONKMAN

postcard memories
Wish you
were here!
By Katharine Wootton
Like soggy British
summers and
dads wearing
socks with their
sandals, sending
postcards has long been a
holiday tradition.
Whether we were sunning
ourselves on a package
holiday in Spain or camping
in the rain in Lowestoft,
we never failed to write a
postcard home to boast
about what a wonderful
time we were having (even
when we weren’t!).
But sadly, even though
many of us still love
receiving postcards, this
great British tradition
is disappearing. Recent
research reveals that the
number of Britons sending
postcards has dropped by
60 per cent in the last 20
years as social media and
emails have taken over the
role of the Royal Mail.
A survey by Gatwick
Airport in June this year
found only 28 per cent of
travellers sent a postcard
when they were last on
holiday, compared with 70
per cent in 1997.
It’s not all doom and
gloom, though, as the study
found that an above-average
number of youngsters aged
18-34 sent a postcard on
their last holiday. Maybe the
texting generation could
be the one to revive the
postcard habit – something
we’d love to see.
A text or a tweet can
never compare with the
joy of receiving a handwritten
postcard to add to
the collection stuck on the
As research reveals a continuing
decline in sending postcards,
we celebrate this great British
holiday tradition
kitchen noticeboard. No
better excuse is needed
to take a nostalgic look at
the remarkable history of
postcards and the place they
hold in our affection.
Please, Mister
Postman
It all started in 1840 when
a Victorian eccentric called
Theodore Hook is said to
have created the world’s first
picture postcard.
Purely for his own
amusement, Theodore
stuck a Penny Black postage
stamp on a hand-coloured
caricature poking fun at a
group of pen-pushing Post
Office scribes and sent it
to himself.
However, it wasn’t
until 30 years later when
postcards were issued
with halfpenny stamps
already printed on the back
and pictures of famous
landmarks such as the Eiffel
Tower on the front that the
concept really caught on.
By the beginning of the
20th Century, the picturepostcard
industry was
booming and postcards
featured subjects as varied
as pretty girls, the Boer War
and royal events. In 1902
the Post Office allowed
both the address and the
message to be written on
one side of the card, with
a division in the
middle, leaving the
the other side free for
the picture.
Postcards played
a hugely important
role in the First
World War. They
were sent to and
from the front lines
by soldiers and
their families. The
small size meant
servicemen could
write only brief
messages home
without going into
the horrors of war.
In addition,
there were many officially
distributed propaganda
postcards showing war
heroes and leaders, as well
as satirical images of the
DID YOU KNOW?
Deltiology is the
official name for
postcard collecting.
After stamps,
postcards are the
UK’s second most
popular collectible
enemy, intended to keep
up morale. One of the artists
creating these wartime
images was Donald McGill.
After the war was over,
he was the instigator of a
postcard revolution when he
came up with the idea of the
saucy seaside postcard.
McGill’s colourful, bawdy,
designs became a holiday
institution, selling an
amazing 200 million over
five decades.
But the scantily clad
women and cheeky jokes
they featured landed him
in serious trouble when
he was charged under the
Obscene Publications Acts in
1954. Copies of his postcards
were destroyed and some
publishers went out of
business as a result. They
would have been astonished
to know that today McGill’s
iconic postcards can fetch
thousands of pounds at
auction.
It’s sad to think that the
old-fashioned tradition
of postcards could face
extinction, going the same
way as hand-written love
letters and photographs.
It’s true that they take
a bit more time and effort
than a Facebook post (and
sometimes arrive three
weeks after the holiday is
over!), but postcards are
so much more than just a
scribbled message. They
are a lasting souvenir of
special moments in our
lives. And in today’s fastmoving
ephemeral world,
that sounds like something
worth preserving.
n To find out more about the
history of postcards, visit the
Royal Mail’s new online gallery
at gallery.royalmailgroup.com/
historyofpostcards
n Do you enjoy writing
postcards or do you think they’ve
had their day? Let us know at
the Yours address on p3.
We have five copies of the book Postcards From
EXTRA
FOR YOU
The Past by Tom Jackson, curated from his hugely
successful Twitter feed @pastpostcard, to give
away. Send a postcard marked Postcards From The Past
to Box 57, Coates PE7 2FF by September 15. If you don’t
wish to receive further information from Yours, write No
Further Contact on your card. Tom’s book is available to
buy now, rrp £9.99
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fashion advice
Hello
Curves
Whether you want to add curves or
embrace the ones you’ve got, we’ve
found the perfect confidenceboosting
looks for you, says
Fashion Editor, Michelle Nightingale
Blouse, £32, 8-22, Very | trousers, £17, 8-22,
Next | shoes, £69.99, 3-8, Lotus shoes |
necklace, £18, Debenhams | bag, £35, Next
1
2
Top, £14, 8-22, F&F at
Tesco | skirt, £45, 8-22,
M&S | shoes, £25, 3-8, Tu at
Sainsbury’s | necklace, £12,
Next | bag, £65, Hotter
Jacket, £30, 8-20,
Peacocks | top, £25,
10-28, Damart | jeans,
£48, 6-22, Next | shoes,
£28, 3-8, Next | scarf,
£18, Next | bag,
£18, Next
3
1 Embrace
your curves
If you’re top heavy, the
best thing is to look
for wrap and v-necklines
– these help streamline
your shape and flatter
a bigger bust. Avoid
skinny-fit trousers,
which will make you
look out of proportion
and instead team with
straight or tailored
figure-flattering styles.
Wearing a small heel will
help to slim the legs.
2
Cheat your
curves
If you’re petite or
straight up and down
then a full or A-line skirt
will nip you in at the
waist and also help your
bottom half look fuller.
Pleats are also great
for adding some extra
volume. Team with a
ruffled top to add the
illusion of curves, but
remember to tuck it in
to help create some
shape.
3 Disguise
your curves
If you’re a classic pear
shape with a larger
bottom half, disguising
problem areas and
balancing proportions
is key. Dark denim in a
bootcut style or a slight
flare will help balance
out wider hips as well as
slimming thighs. Team
with a patterned
jacket and bold
accessories to draw
the eye upwards.
TIP
Bold accessories
help distract
from problem
areas
LOVELY LOAFERS
Practical, chic and comfy too, we’re
so pleased the loafer trend is here
to stay. Here are our top picks for
stylish and happy feet…
£14, 3-8,
Matalan
perfect pair
We were delighted to see a
beautiful grey-haired model
as one of the faces for Tu
at Sainsbury’s brand new
Tu Be You launch. The
campaign focuses on real
people having fun with
fashion and features
model Meryl (59) who
I’m sure you’ll agree
looks amazing. Let’s
hope that other brands
£24.99, 3-8, Deichmann
Stockists: Damart 0871 200 9000; Debenhams
0344 800 8877; Deichmann 01858 468546;
F&F at Tesco 0800 323 4050; Hotter 0800 083
8490; Lotus shoes 01706 219222; M&S 0333 014
8555; Matalan 0333 004 4444; M&Co 0333 202 0720;
Next 0333 777 8739; Peacocks 0292 027 0222; Tu at
Sainsbury’s 0800 028 6658; Very 0800 092 3355
£69, 3-9, Hotter
This oh-so-pretty bag is going into stores any
Unfortunately, at this time of year we cannot guarantee
day now – and we can’t wait! £35, M&S
availability and prices of items featured on this page
Pink top, £16
follow their lead.
30 YOURS n EVERY FORTNIGHT
YOURS n EVERY FORTNIGHT 31
MUST HAVE
MUST HAVE
With our glorious
British summertime being more
unpredictable than usual this year, a
waterproof is a wardrobe essential.
We love this lightweight jacket from
M&Co (£49, 8-22).
Grey and gorgeous
PHOTOGRAPHY RUTH JENKINSON; HAIR AND MAKE-UP SARAH JANE GREEN; STYLIST JO WINCH