British Travel Journal | Spring 2020
Eco-friendly tourism is at the top of our 2020 travel agenda. We have introduced a new Sustainable Travel series, kicking off this issue with ideas for Environmental Volunteering, in an eco-conscious quest of our own, we have discovered a supplier of recyclable paper wraps for sending our magazines in the mail. Next issue we will be featuring the UK’s finest eco-friendly holiday homes so, if you know of any hidden gems you are happy to share, please get in touch. Back to this issue - our 10 of The Best Charity Challenges, are sure to inspire. From cycling across Britain to skydiving from 15,000 feet, you can raise some vital charity donations while pushing yourself to your limits. The World Pilot Gig Championships is a seaside spectacle like no other on The Isles of Scilly this May, and we go Behind-the-Scenes ahead of The Cheltenham Festival, this March. Other destinations we uncover this season include the beautiful Lake District, spending a wonderful 48 Hours in St Mawes and the Roseland, an adventure packed weekend on The Isle of Man, and, arguably with the best views in London, our In the Capital series this season takes us to discover the highlights of leafy Greenwich. As always I hope this issue helps to inspire your travel experiences, and the spring season brings you many magical moments spent savouring the glorious British Isles - wherever you choose to visit.
Eco-friendly tourism is at the top of our 2020 travel agenda. We have introduced a new Sustainable Travel series, kicking off this issue with ideas for Environmental Volunteering, in an eco-conscious quest of our own, we have discovered a supplier of recyclable paper wraps for sending our magazines in the mail. Next issue we will be featuring the UK’s finest eco-friendly holiday homes so, if you know of any hidden gems you are happy to share, please get in touch. Back to this issue - our 10 of The Best Charity Challenges, are sure to inspire. From cycling across Britain to skydiving from 15,000 feet, you can raise some vital charity donations while pushing yourself to your limits. The World Pilot Gig Championships is a seaside spectacle like no other on The Isles of Scilly this May, and we go Behind-the-Scenes ahead of The Cheltenham Festival, this March. Other destinations we uncover this season include the beautiful Lake District, spending a wonderful 48 Hours in St Mawes and the Roseland, an adventure packed weekend on The Isle of Man, and, arguably with the best views in London, our In the Capital series this season takes us to discover the highlights of leafy Greenwich. As always I hope this issue helps to inspire your travel experiences, and the spring season brings you many magical moments spent savouring the glorious British Isles - wherever you choose to visit.
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Meet the Maker<br />
FLOWER<br />
FIELDS<br />
In a quiet part of the English<br />
countryside, in fields bursting<br />
with scented flowers and herbs,<br />
an innovative Dorset venture<br />
is changing the face of the<br />
<strong>British</strong> perfume industry<br />
Words | Emma Johnson<br />
Nestled in the in the Tarrant Valley, and bordered<br />
by the River Stour, Keyneston Mill is a beautiful,<br />
tranquil estate, whose scented perfume fields<br />
stretch across 50 acres. The rural idyll is in full<br />
force here – with river walks, natural woodlands,<br />
converted stone barns and an orchard where<br />
bees are happily and productively located. But<br />
it’s the fields and formal gardens that are really<br />
the star of the show at Keyneston Mill, Blandford<br />
Forum, Dorset – their heady, colourful expanse a<br />
striking patchwork on the valley canvas.<br />
The Bridgers moved here in 2015, after<br />
looking specifically for a property with enough<br />
space and scope to grow the flowers and herbs<br />
for their perfume business, which they had<br />
started to explore a few years before. “We have<br />
both loved perfume for many years, but in fact we<br />
approached the business from the horticultural<br />
angle,” explains Julia. The duo started growing<br />
cut flowers and trialling herbs on a small scale at<br />
David's family property, and then visited Grasse<br />
in the South of France, the centre of modern<br />
perfumery in Europe, whilst on holiday. “It was<br />
then that we started thinking in terms of growing<br />
our own perfume ingredients,” says Julia. “And<br />
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