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A fabulous independent book shop in East Dulwich @Rye_Books - very knowledgeable and helpful, so many suggestions and great finds, as well as gorgeous coffee ☕️ biscuits 🍪 cakes 🍰 📚 📖

A wonderful book - a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex, using free-roaming grazing animals to create new habitats for wildlife by @isabella_tree @kneppcastle @picador #wilding #rewilding

When you read lots and lots of books and then you gift them to friends who also love reading and you then compare notes 📚 🚗 #amreading

A day of jam making, flowers, lunch and gossip - all @TheFlowerFarmer ‘s beautiful house in Charlton Musgrove

On the bookshelf

Use them or lose them - my feature on supporting our independent shops and cafes in this month's @CircusJournal circusjournal.com/circus/hig… with illustration by @FranLabuschagne

I have just finished My Name is Lucy Barton by @LizStrout and @PenguinBooks Beautifully written, such skill and tension. I agree with Hilary Mantel. Now I need to go and buy all her other works! @penguinrandom

Far from the madding crowd 🌳 Set in wonderful gardens the @NewArtCentre is a relaxing and educational destination for art and nature lovers 🌾 #newartcentre #rochecourt #visitwiltshire #sculpture #gardens #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture

Top writing by Penelope Lively 🏆 @penguinbooks

It’s been a great year for the sweet peas, hasn’t it? 🌞

If you love books 📖 then Bridport is for you - there are so many new and old bookshops 📚 My favourite is Bridport Old Books - eccentric, packed and wonderful 👌🏻 #bridport #visitdorset #visitwestdorset #books #bookshop #independentshop #booksofinstagram #antiquebooks

We are having a wonderful day out in Bridport - it’s market day today! First stop: breakfast at the wonderful @soulshinecafe 🥞🥓🍳🥛☕️ #bridport #visitdorset #coffee #specialtycoffee #soulshinecafe #cafe #coffeeshop #lunch #breakfast #communityhub

A visit to see the wonderful @TheFlowerFarmer Such a beautiful flower farm, filled with biodiversity and fabulous flowers, all homegrown #BritishFlowersWeek #britishflowers

A wonderful visit to @deans_court in Wimborne - the best cafe, shop, gardens and events venue in Dorset #visitdorset

How to bring a high street back from the dead - today in @guardiannews theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

I cannot put this book down - such a well well thought out concept and well written book, looking at the magical seconds, minutes, hours, days and years it takes to make ingredients and recipes special. Congratulations @jennylinford and @ParticularBooks