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Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 2 DISCOVER

May 25, 2025 · 46 min

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Promise & Possibilities

It's half term, another bank holiday weekend so in this episode The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank are setting out to DISCOVER things new to them (and hopefully you) plus learning why stepping outside of our comfort zone is good for us. And because it is midsummer we’ll be celebrating a magical creature and finding a moment of magic to note and notice.

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Editing and music by Arthur Cosslett.

To discover

The Tweed Run

Treasure Trails

Caring for God’s Acre – Love your Burial Ground Week 7-15 June

To read

Snorkelling Britain: 100 Marine Adventuresby Emma and Gordon Taylor (Wild Things Publishing)

On the blog

Maypole cake

How to maypole

From the June issue (156)

Magical creature: Beavers

My Plot: Narrowboat nursery & tow-along greenhouse

Weekend away: staying in a lighthouse

Buy the June issue here and on newsstands from 28 May.

From our new book: The Simple Things Anthology Volume 4: A Year of Celebrations

Whitsuntide recipes

Modern Eccentrics – Boss Morris, yarn bombers, mermaid, steam punks

Treasure hunting

In previous The Simple Things

Whitsuntide gathering (May 2024 – 143)

Nature reserves (May 2023 – 131)

Churchyards for wildlife (July 2022 – 121)

Narrowboat home tour (August 2021 –110)
Three campervans (July 2021 – 109)

Converted horsebox home (August 2024 – 146)

All episodes of Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple Things

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