Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
This year sees the 70th anniversary of the designation of the Peak District as the UK's first National Park. Officially established on 17 April 1951, it was the first of what are now Britain’s 15 national parks.
Adlington Hall in Cheshire started life as a Saxon hunting lodge, and in the 14th century, it came into the Legh family who still own the hall today, and have added further impressive elements to the building over the following centuries. One of its most notable features is the oldest surving British pipe organ.
Bakewell in the Peak District of Derbyshire is home to around 4000 people. Though best known for its famed tart - the town's rich heritage goes back to Saxon times when it was known as Baedeca's Well and, later, Bathwell, due to the many springs in the area.
The Deadly Nightshade is found mainly on chalky soils, in scrub and woodland. Its shiny black berries are highly poisonous to humans, though some mammals and birds can eat them.
From August to June this extremely hairy caterpillar can sometimes be seen. Commonly known as the "woolly bear", it is the larval form of an orange and brown moth - the Garden Tiger.
Bentley Priory in Stanmore, North West London, is probably best known for its pivotal role as Headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940. But before the Air Ministry bought Bentley Priory in 1926, the Grade II*-listed Building had been a grand private home, hotel and girls’ school.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.