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33 Marie Curie: ‘I hope I’ve
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64 How to cheer up a grumpy
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106 Watching the pennies
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Liverpool
Famous for its
museums, maritime
history and of course
its music, there’s
more to Liverpool
than the ferry cross
the Mersey...
By Gabrielle Albert
Visit
Liverpool boasts more
museums and art galleries
than any other UK city
outside of London. But
the must-see attraction
for any music fan is The
Beatles Story.
Located at the Albert
Dock, this award-winning
exhibition will take you back
to the Swinging Sixties as you
remember the fab four. Marvel
over special memorabilia,
exclusive photographs, original
instruments, handwritten
lyrics, interviews and
impressive replica rooms as
you journey from their humble
beginnings to their height of
fame. You’ll also find the largest
selection of official Beatles
merchandise in the world,
should you fancy splashing
out on memorabilia!
While at the docks,
you won’t want to miss
the Merseyside Maritime
Museum. Submerge yourself
in Liverpool’s historical
seafaring past with its ship
models and full-sized vessels,
as well as colourful maritime
paintings, posters and films
– plus a genuine lifejacket
worn by a survivor of the
Titanic. You’ll also find the
humbling International Slavery
Museum on the third floor
and the fascinating National
Border Force Museum in the
basement.
Escape the hustle and
bustle with a visit to the leafy,
200-acre Sefton Park, where
the jewel in the crown is
undoubtedly the Palm House.
This stunning three-tiered
Victorian glasshouse is full of
trees and luscious, exotic flora
from all over the world.
n The Beatles Story, adult tickets
from £16.95. Call 0151 709 1963 or
visit www.beatlesstory.com
n The Maritime Museum, adult
tickets from £15.65. Call 020 8858
4422 or visit www.rmg.co.uk
Eat
Worked up an appetite? Tuck
into a hearty meal at the city’s
most popular steakhouse,
Cowshed. If you’ve got room,
indulge in a slice of banoffee
cheesecake – you won’t regret it!
Fancy elevenses? Pop into
Cuthbert’s Bakehouse and
choose from a selection of
traditional cakes, light lunches
and afternoon tea in this cosy,
wood-furnished tea shop.
n Cowshed Liverpool, 0151
708 7580
n Cuthbert’s, 0844 245 8612
Stay
Let the Beatles theme continue
into the evening with a stay at
the Hard Day’s Night Hotel. This
Grade II listed building is set in
the heart of Liverpool’s ‘Beatles
Quarter’ and combines luxury
with memorabilia, with 110
rooms individually furnished
with specially commissioned
Beatles-inspired artwork.
n Double rooms from £79. Call
0151 236 1964 or visit www.
harddaysnighthotel.com
What’s on
August 25-27
Folk On The Dock
is a folk, roots and
acoustic music festival
that celebrates the
role that Liverpool’s
waterways played
in exporting and
importing music
around the world.
September 15-16
The popular
swashbuckling family
adventure, Pirates on
the Dock, returns to
the city for live action
ship battles, parades,
stunts, sword-fights
and sea-shanty.
December 11
Abba fans, get
ready to dance! In
celebration of their
milestone 30th year,
tribute band Björn
Again will take to the
stage at Liverpool’s O2
Academy.
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Meet
the
The spirited antics
of Bodacious the cat,
owned by shepherdess
Suzanna Crampton,
have won him fans
across the world –
and a new book deal
shepherd
Wool you believe it!
Bodacious the shepherd
cat has a huge following
on his own internet site
cat!
By Carole Richardson
Move over Bagpuss,
there’s a famous new
feline on the celebrity
cat circuit. Bodacious
the Irish shepherd cat
has purred his way into the hearts of
millions of cat lovers across the world
after his besotted owner Suzanna
Crampton started sharing his antics on
social media.
One video alone of the spirited puss
working in the fields of Black Sheep
Farm in County Kilkenny, Ireland,
attracted an incredible 80 million
views and he has thousands of regular
followers on Twitter, Facebook and his
own website.
What’s so unusual about the
green-eyed cat that last summer had
publishers literally begging him to
write a book about his extraordinary
life helping shepherdess Suzanna herd
her flock of rare breed Zwartbles sheep?
“He’s unique. A beautiful character,”
says American-born Suzanna, whose
farm has been in her family for several
generations. “But he’s not a cuddly cat;
he doesn’t suffer fools gladly.”
After visiting the farm regularly
throughout her life, the 54-year-old
animal lover, who was trained in
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‘Sometimes I’ll have
troublesome lambing
incidents and he’ll sit
on the edge of the fence
and give instructions
in miaows’
real life
We have five copies of Bodacious: The
extra Shepherd Cat, published by Harper Collins
for to give away. For your chance to win send a
you
postcard marked Bodacious Shepherd Cat
to Box 57, Coate PE7 2FF by July 20, 2018. If
you don’t wish to receive further information from
Yours, write No Further Contact on your card.
Right: Overseeing the flock is a
serious business and below, a
cuddle with owner Suzanna
agriculture, moved back there
permanently in May 1997. For
three years beforehand, she’d been
bedridden after working in SE Asia
for a wildlife charity where she’d
picked up a tropical illness.
Suzanna first met the stray cat
after he wandered through the door
of a shop in Kilkenny in 2011. “For me it
was love at first sight, but I had to grow
on him. He’s definitely his own boss.
He has to get to know you.”
After no-one responded to appeals
to claim him, an Irish animal welfare
charity agreed she could keep him.
Within no time, he’d established his
place as top cat on the 50-acre farm,
acquainting himself with the other
animals including cats Miss Marley and
Ovenmitt and dogs Pepper and The
Big Fellow.
“He folIowed me all over the place,”
adds Suzanna, whose flock produces
fleeces for the Cushenden Woollen
Mill. When taking out the farm’s two
horses, he’d insist on following her
between them. Suzanna told him:
“Oh my goodness, you are bodacious”
which is a Cajun Louisiana term for
anyone who’s ‘big, bold, beautiful
and bolshie’. The name stuck and
he became Suzanna’s shadow and
constant companion during working
days that can last from 4am to 11pm
during lambing season. “I don’t have
a sheepdog. Bodacious oversees my
work; he’s always there ‘prow-prowing’
and chatting whatever jobs I am doing.
During lambing season he’ll hang out
with me in the lambing shed.
“Sometimes I’ll have troublesome
lambing incidents and he’ll sit on the
edge of the fence and give instructions
in miaows. He’s very diligent with his
work ethic around the farm!”
It was while advertising her sheep
for sale and photography classes that
Bodacious first developed a fanbase as
he kept appearing in pictures and film
clips of the farm that Suzanna shared
on social media.
On occasions, people have accused
her of setting up the cute scenes, but
Suzanna says, “You wouldn’t dare
make him do anything. He very much
has his own agenda about everything.
When visitors are here, he’ll appear
or not. One naysayer farmer came to
the farm and Bodacious followed us
everywhere in among the sheep and
horses. Afterwards he said: ‘Never
again will I say you set up that cat!”
Soon he was a celebrity in his own
right after Suzanna gave him his own
Twitter feed. Then an Australian
journalist mentioned that Bodacious
was her favourite cat during a speech
at a conference on farming and
social media. A glossy American
magazine then wanted to interview
the Irish shepherd cat and branded
products soon followed – postcards
and a calendar available on his website
which depicts life on the idyllic farm
throughout the seasons. Publishing
companies got wind of his antics and a
bidding war for his story (ghost-written
by Suzanna!) began.
“It’s not a Walt Disney movie or a
book. You can’t fabricate it; it’s real.
Sheep farming is a job where you are
dealing with the weather and where
you are very close to life and death;
close to the real world and the earth.
If an animal dies, the image is there.”
Suzanna hopes Bodacious will
sell enough books so she can buy a
tractor to make her own hay. “He could
become the first cat ever to buy his
owner a tractor!”
What’s in it for Bodacious though?
“Treats! He likes diced raw liver and
heart but his favourite is raw egg yolk.
It’s good for his coat!”
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Doggie
destinations
Want to take your
four-legged friend
on holiday with
you? Here are
some of the best
places in the UK
By Michelle Nightingale
Norfolk
With more than 90 miles of coastline to
explore, Norfolk is a paradise for beach lovers
and dog owners. Head to Wells-next-the-Sea
for a sandy beach fringed by woodland and
miles of doggy heaven to explore! There’s
a large dog-friendly section nearby at The
Beach Café (below), where weary pooches
can enjoy a drink at Berties Bark-up Bar and
even a spruce-up at the outdoor dog wash!
If the beach isn’t for you, take a locomotive
ride along the Bure Valley Railway (BVR),
Norfolk’s longest narrow-gauge railway.
The 18-mile round trip links Aylsham and
Wroxham and you can hop on and off at any
station to explore nearby villages. You might
even meet BVR resident pooch Henry!
n Bure Valley Railway adult return ticket,
£13.50, dogs £3.50. Call 01263 733858 or
visit www.bvrw.co.uk
n The Beach Café at Holkham, call 01328 713055
or visit www.holkham.co.uk/stay-eat/beach-cafe
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cornwall…
Cornwall has lots to offer you and
your pet. Head to Trebah Garden, near
Falmouth, for a subtropical paradise
with a beautiful coastal backdrop.
Dogs on leads are welcome and there
are even designated doggy tables in
the café.
If you have a few hours to spare
in Truro, head to Healey’s Cornish
Cyder Farm, the largest cider-maker in
Cornwall. Visitors and dogs on a lead can
explore the farm and sample produce
for free! Get the most out of your visit
by booking a guided tour (fees payable)
in advance.
For a spot of culture, try Penzance
where both the Newlyn Art Gallery and
The Exchange (www.newlynartgallery.
co.uk) welcome dogs on leads.
Stay… At The Greenbank Hotel in
Falmouth and enjoy stunning harbour
views for £189 a night bed and breakfast.
Lake District
Dogs are welcome in almost
every pub and in many shops
and restaurants, too. The
best way to explore the
area is by boat and fans
of Arthur Ransome’s
Swallows & Amazons
stories will love the
Coniston Launch tour of
the same name.
For an easy walk with
stunning scenery, Elterwater
(below) to the village of
Skelwith Bridge takes in Skelwith
Force waterfalls. Relax at Chesters
By The River café, Skelwith Bridge,
overlooking the River Brathay.
If the weather is unkind, try the
Lakeland Motor Museum with its
collection of 140 classic cars and
motorbikes. Dogs on leads are welcome
in the museum, although not in the café.
n Coniston Launch Swallows & Amazons Cruise,
Mon and Weds (Mar 26-Sept 26). Adults £17.25,
dogs 50p, flat-coated retrievers travel for free! Call
01768 775753, visit www.conistonlaunch.co.uk
Dogs stay for £12.50 per night. Call
01326 312440 or visit www.greenbankhotel.co.uk
n Trebah Garden, £11 entry. Call 01326
252200 or visit www.trebahgarden.co.uk
n Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm,
call 01872 573356 or visit
www.healeyscyder.co.uk
n Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange,
admission £2.20 for a seven-day pass.
Call 01736 363715 or visit
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
North
Yorkshire
The North York Moors and the
Yorkshire Dales are perfect to visit with
your pet. Dogs are welcome everywhere at
Skipton Castle, except the tea room. Skipton
Castle Woods, one of England’s rare ancient
woodland sites, offers 36 acres of outdoor fun.
Walk along the towpath from Mill Bridge
where you’ll find a handy site map.
n Skipton Castle £8.30, over-60s £7.30.
Call 01756 792442 or visit
www.skiptoncastle.co.uk
n Pet first aid
kit, £16, Pets
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take a trip
Scotland
With so much beautiful
countryside, Scotland is ideal
for a break with your furry
friend. Explore ruins, castles,
lochs and glens, or head to
the capital. Edinburgh is
very dog-friendly and most
shops and cafés will happily
welcome your pet. Just a short
walk from the Royal Mile you
can explore
Holyrood
Park. The
highest point,
Arthur’s Seat,
is a challenging
walk, but gives
glorious views
over the city.
Don’t forget to
visit Greyfriars
Bobby – the
bronze statue of
Scotland’s most
famous terrier
who waited loyally by his
master’s grave until his own
death many years later.
Stay… At B+B Edinburgh,
from around £140 a night
including breakfast. Dogs free!
n Call 0131 225 5084 or visit
www.bb-edinburgh.com
Don’t forget to pack
these doggy essentials…
n Beco collapsible dog
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eal life
Try something new…
rambling
How Jill Green found relief from illness
and grief, a way to stay young and even
love by pulling on her walking boots
By Katharine Wootton
Standing on the
top of a hill in
the middle of the
Pennine Way trail,
Jill Green slowly
took in 360 degrees of
awe-inspiring views and felt
literally on top of the world.
“It was like everything I
looked on belonged to me,”
says Jill (76).
Having walked all 263
miles of this trail on her own,
she says it was a great healer
following a challenging past
few years.
Jill started long-distance
walking as a child and would
often lead hikes for other
children around Surrey. But
as she got older, she stopped.
Then, when she and her
husband moved to the Isle
of Wight later in life, they
decided to join the local
Ramblers’ Association as a
way of meeting people.
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Starting with four and
five-mile walks, this soon
moved to longer hikes as
she completed the Isle of
Wight’s Vectis marathon
every year involving
walking 31 miles in one
day. After that, she joined
the Long Distance Walkers
Association and started
leading a 24-hour walk
around all 71 miles of the
Isle of Wight coast, as well
as training for a 100-mile
walk from Winchester to
Eastbourne.
Having now caught the
walking bug, Jill completed
countless more 100-mile
walks and even became
the first lady over 65 to
complete the Centurion
100-mile Race in all six of
the countries it’s held.
But then in 2008, life
changed for Jill completely
when her beloved
husband, Dave,
passed away, just
before she was diagnosed
with breast cancer. “It felt
like everything collapsed
around me. The only thing
that saved me was walking as
it spurred me to get outside,
especially when I decided I
wanted to get fit to walk 100
miles again.” And it was while
training for this walk, three
years after Dave died, that
Jill met another walker with
whom she would eventually
find love again.
“He was doing his first
ever 100-mile walk and I
was doing my 20th, but we
‘The only thing
that saved me was
walking as it spurred
me to get outside’
were both on our own and
carrying self-doubt. It was
wonderful to have someone
to walk with and then shortly
after he became my new
partner. Coming back to
walking truly gave me a new
lease of life.”
As well as meeting her
partner, Jill also says being
part of a rambling group
means she’s made lots of
good friends. “It keeps me
young as I’m mixing with
older people as well as being
good exercise. “Walking is so
uplifting and it’s just amazing
what going outdoors and
putting one foot in front of
the other can do for you.”
n To find your nearest branch of
The Long Distance Walkers
Association visit www.ldwa.org.uk
For local rambling groups call
Ramblers on 02073 398500 or
visit www.ramblers.org.uk
And for more inspiration see our
sister title Country Walking. The
July issue is out now.
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