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Little Sparta

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Ian Hamilton Finlay’s modern garden of ideas in the Scottish hills. Every step leads to a new object or view, an emblem, a quotation, a reference, a joke or a poem. The whole garden is crowded with incident and craftsmanship, the result of a lifetime’s collaboration with fellow enthusiasts, infinitely rewarding for the visitor looking for layers of meaning in a revolutionary setting. Serious, but never boring.

5 / 5 Review by expert member Steven Desmond's photo Steven Desmond


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Lands End to John O'Groats - Classic Road Cycling Holiday

Lands End to John O'Groats - Classic Road Cycling Holiday

16 days (Group tour) from £1700

From the very toe to the very tip! The entire length of mainland Britain. The ultimate Great British cycling challenge – that really is the only way to describe our Land’s End to John O’Groats epic.