By Katie Isham. Some Suburban Safaris are available to relish every day, to wander freely. Others are a little more exclusive. Not every green space in the suburbs is open to general exploration. It might seem restrictive, but actually there’s a sense of occasion, an excitement in the air...
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Suburban Safari: Chase the Shade
By Katie Isham. On any normal summer’s day, we’d be seeking the sunshine. Those days when dawn breaks, the sun appears and you think, this will be a good day for a walk. You strut along apricating in every sliver of sunlight to warm the soul. But this summer, we...
Suburban Safari: All roads lead to Clausentum
By Katie Isham. Sometimes it’s staggering to think of the lives and stories that evolved right where we now live: where we get our petrol, walk our dogs or trudge over Northam Bridge on match days. Time for a wander along and across the river on the ground of...
Suburban Safari: Hiltingbury Lakes
By Katie Isham. The days are growing darker by the moment, sometimes in many different ways. So it seems like the perfect time to search for the brightness. Light may be rarer as autumn shuffles along, but there are dazzling flashes to behold, if you know where to look. ...
Suburban Safari: Ladies Walk, Thornhill
By Katie Isham. Let’s go back in time a little, to the late 19th century. Thornhill Park was still an estate, but a sprawling parkland one of over 400 acres. It was initially formed by Michael Hoy, later passed to his widow, Elizabeth and then after her death, to...