Tag: history

A Year in the Chilterns

Tools of the Trade

by Mary Tebje, posted in Buckinghamshire, Chilterns, DMO's, European Union, food tourism, Heritage and History, Heritage food, Local Distinctiveness, London, Market Town, Niche marketing, River Thames, Rural heritage, Rural Tourism, Sense of Place, Short breaks, Travel and Leisure, Travel and Tourism, UK, Watermills

The weight of history is upon Jon Tyler’s broad shoulders as one of the last producers of watercress in the Chilterns. Located in the beautiful Chess Valley that links Chesham in the Chilterns with Rickmansworth just inside the M25, E. Tyler & Son’s Crestyl Watercress farm is something of a novelty; in a high tech … Continue reading Tools of the Trade

The Charming Chess Valley

by Mary Tebje, posted in Buckinghamshire, Cemetaries, Chilterns, Cycling, DMO's, Film tourism, Heritage and History, Local Distinctiveness, London, Market Town, Museums, National Trust, Niche marketing, Rural heritage, Rural Tourism, Sense of Place, Short breaks, South Africa, Travel and Leisure, Travel and Tourism, UK

We stop to tickle the horses’ noses and listen to the birdsong along the valley before cutting up to walk back through the chocolate box hamlet of Latimer and the extraordinary Boer War memorials on the green that hints of battles fought and lost in a far-off land and a horse's heart buried in Latimer.

A Personal Memory of Nelson Mandela on #MandelaDay

by Mary Tebje, posted in London, Madame Tussaud's, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Travel and Leisure

There has been a constant and insatiable newsfeed of drama, debacle and tarnished dreams, and I am at pains not to add to any of the above. In fact I have been sitting on this blog post for a while. Way back in 1992 when I was working in the marketing department at the original … Continue reading A Personal Memory of Nelson Mandela on #MandelaDay