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Our Lovely Essex goes international!
Thursday 23 April 2020
We’ll keep this one brief… Our Lovely Essex has sparked contributions from across the county, but today we present to you a picture of blossom from Luxembourg. It was taken by Tim Knight, originally from Essex but now working and living on the European mainland. And, just to keep the home ties alive and kicking, […] Read more >
Today is Earth Day’s 50th birthday… let’s celebrate it!
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Today (Wednesday, April 22) is Earth Day. In fact, it’s Earth Day’s 50th birthday! With the first held in 1970, Earth Day’s mission is to “build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet”. Put another way, it celebrates the environmental movement and raises awareness of pollution and ways we […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex: blackthorn blossom and dreams of sloe gin
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Our Lovely Essex has drawn a range of images from across the county and here we present a striking shot of blackthorn blossom from Jane Elwood. We can do no better than leave the story behind it, together with a message of hope, to Jane herself… I took this photo on my dog walk during […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex: the wonder of woods
Monday 20 April 2020
Our Lovely Essex has drawn an encouraging response and of course we look forward to further contributions over the forthcoming weeks. Here we feature some images from John and Helen Bloxsome. The first is entitled View from the Woods and pictures a group of fallow deer, while the other two were taken during a woodland […] Read more >
A Tale of Two Woods
Friday 17 April 2020
Writer Anne Boileau kindly offered CPRE Essex this delightful story celebrating our glorious woodlands earlier in the year, before any of us had any idea of what was about to befall the country. Now, however, as we long to return to our favourite countryside places, is an ideal time to settle down and enjoy Anne’s […] Read more >
A hamlet whose treasures lie deep
Friday 17 April 2020
As part of Our Lovely Essex feature, we invited you to share with us the places you were most looking forward to seeing again once the coronavirus lockdown was over. Here CPRE Essex chairman David Knight celebrates somewhere that you might call a little understated… Nestled in the heartlands of some of the most productive […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex: your photos show how much we have to celebrate
Monday 13 April 2020
Shortly before Easter, we asked for photographs of Essex that showed our wonderful county in all its glory. The brief for Our Lovely Essex was wide-ranging (see here) and included anything from images of places we’re looking forward to seeing again to shots taken on our daily exercise walks. We have had an encouraging response, […] Read more >
Our Lovely Essex
Monday 6 April 2020
With the exception of our wonderful care workers and essential staff, each one of the rest of us is under serious but essential restriction of movement. However, we can dream and share moments of happier times that will return… and maybe lighten our days. At Essex CPRE we invite anyone (of all ages) in the […] Read more >
Do you know anyone who needs food and essential supplies at this time? Help is available
Friday 3 April 2020
First and foremost, all at CPRE Essex hope you are keeping safe and well. It’s not easy, but the more closely we stick to government guidelines during the Covid-19 lockdown the more quickly it should end. No one is unaffected by the regulations that have been put in place, but some are bound to be […] Read more >
How coronavirus is hitting rural life: letter goes to government
Thursday 26 March 2020
The specific impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on rural communities have been highlighted in a letter to government. Addressed to George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the letter is signed by the chairs of ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England), Plunkett Foundation, Rural Services Network and the Rural Coalition, […] Read more >