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Advantages: Unique Habitat, rich in dioversity of plant and animal/inverterbrate Disadvantages: Threat of extinction for some species
Wicken Fen, situated between Cambridge and Ely, is the National Trust's first nature reserve, acquired in 1899, and a wetland of significant importance due to its biodiversity in both species and habitat. There are over 7000 species of Mammals, birds, plants and invertebrates which have been recorded here. It is one of the last surviving Fens in Western Europe and is one of a few remnants of the Great Fen, which covered 6500 Sq Km and dominated the landscape of East Anglia. Now only 0.1% of the Great Fen remains, including Wicken Fen, which is the largest at just 4Sq Km.
The Fen itself is easy to reach from the A14/A10 roads. As I was visiting the Fen in connection with university, my thoughts over the last few miles of the journey to the Fen were dominated by the different land use that has occurred over the years, from a shiny ...
Advantages: A historical building Disadvantages: disappointing and spoilt by the owners
CASTLE LODGE
It was a family day out in Ludlow and whilst I was sitting resting on the bench, waiting for my hubby to return from checking the car and the parking fees, I noticed this really old Tudor style house opposite and on closer inspection discovered that it was open to the public. We didn?t go in straight away, but I did drop a big hint like, ?I want to go in there before we go home? to the family, so that they would not be surprised after the visit to the castle that we went in here.
After we had a lovely lunch in the café situated next door to the lodge after a amazing trip around the castle. We were all in high spirits and enjoying our food and refreshments, I dropped the bombshell that I wanted to see the house, they did try to dissuade me as they were now getting slightly tired and wanted to do a little retail ...
arnoldhenryrufus 13.06.2009 (18.06.2009)
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