Cheers!
Elgood’s Brewery is often referred to as a “Hidden Gem”, so appropriate that I write about it here! It’s easy to find, you could walk from town, or drive – they have a car park – you’ll be able to carry home all your fresh, local produce! Go along North Brink, beside the river, follow …
Secret Garden Touring Park
Firstly, I’d like to thank all the people who have supported me and what I’ve been doing in this paper and elsewhere over the years. I hope to continue to “promote the positive” of the town: its heritage, events, activities, places, shops, the people who’ve been here generations, and the newcomers. I do it to …
Fenland Artists/Makers
Having recently spent time talking to people about how they came to Wisbech and what they see for its future, I am encouraged by the positive attitude and the community spirit. I’ve also noticed just how often those who do not live here, and only read the negative press, are surprised by how many interesting …
Hereward
So this is the time of year that is often grey skies and illness everywhere. I hope you’re all managing to cope, and getting yourselves dosed up with vitamins and sunshine whenever you can! I find, while I don’t want to wish the time away, planning what I’ll be doing when the good weather comes …
Happy New Year 2018
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good break and are planning 2018. I’m writing this in that in-between time from Christmas to New Year, we’re not celebrating one or the other, so what do we do? I know many will be working, I’m very lucky that I work for myself so can …
Wisbech, Fenland and Hidden Gems January 2017
The titles of this column are because there is so much fantastic history, cultural activities and amazing small businesses in Wisbech and throughout the Fens that were often called “hidden gems”, so I wanted to shout about them! I have however not been mentioning the Museum and the Castle as much as I could recently, …
Indie Retail
Just off the Market Place, opposite the entrance to Horsefair and on your way to the Crescent and the Library, is Market Street, which, along with Hill Street and the roads leading to it, is an Indie Retail area. Independent retailers are often family run, led by enthusiasts bringing a real buzz to a town …