{"id":253878,"date":"2026-07-13T03:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/bbc-countryfile-magazine-issue-239-march-2026-bbc-countryfile-magazine-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:06:59","slug":"bbc-countryfile-magazine-issue-239-march-2026-bbc-countryfile-magazine-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/bbc-countryfile-magazine-issue-239-march-2026-bbc-countryfile-magazine-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Countryfile Magazine – Issue 239 March 2026 – BBC Countryfile Magazine (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The House has been home to winter birthday parties and New Year\u2019s lunches. The gardens mean spring: a glorious magnolia tree in white and blush \ufb02owers for only a few weeks, and then later an abundance of orange and pink azaleas and purple rhododendrons. The people open up like \ufb02owers too, after a winter swaddled in wool. Just outside the Kenwood House gate, you can look down on London, seemingly for miles on a clear spring day. I\u2019m looking forward to it already.\u201d \u2022 Reeta Chakrabarti presents News at Six and News at Ten on BBC One.<\/p>\n

bbc.co.uk\/iplayer Reeta Chakrabarti Former MP \/ podcaster \/ writer \u201cMy ideal spring walk is in Cumbria. You start from the edge of the Eden Valley over the fell called High Street, \ufb01nishing in Troutbeck by Windermere. In spring, the gorse is beginning to blaze on Knipescar and black-faced lambs are in the water meadow by the Lowther.<\/p>\n

But as you climb higher, the high fell still holds the sere beige and greys of winter fell grass. As you come down into the \ufb01nal valley, you begin to see the \ufb02owers of early summer. You get three seasons in a single spring walk. I would do that walk again and again.\u201d \u2022 Rory Stewart\u2019s Middleland (Jonathan Cape, \u00a322) is out now. rorystewart.co.uk Rory Stewart Former pro cyclist and 2018 Tour de France winner \u201cA great circular cycling route that I love heads out from Cardi\ufb00, my hometown, into the Vale of Glamorgan.<\/p>\n

You head along the coast, which is lovely in springtime; you\u2019ve got the sea on your left, and all the lambs and sheep in the \ufb01elds on your right and the da\ufb00odils are out. Usually the weather is pretty good, too: blue skies and low winds. \u201cThe 59-mile route passes through Penarth and Barry. There are some great co\ufb00ee shops on the way. Then you can come back along the quiet country lanes back into Cardi\ufb00.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very nostalgic for me and full of good memories, as I rode there a lot as a kid.\u201d \u2022 According To G: The Autobiography by Geraint Thomas (Quercus, \u00a325) is out now.<\/p>\n

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REVEALED Greatest walks of northern England Mary Berry, Chris Packham, Andy Murray & more on where to celebrate the season of new life quirky stays in historic properties REEF RESCUE Inside the London lab saving the world\u2019s coral BECOME A BIRDER Get started today with our expert guide IRISH MOUNTAINS Soaring peaks & secret valleys in Wicklow ISSUE 239 | MARCH 2026 | \u00a35.99 Walking holidays with everything but the boots With Inntravel, it\u2019s more than just a walking holiday.<\/p>\n

All Inntravel holidays are self-guided: no groups to hold you back or hurry you along. Instead, you have the freedom to set your own pace and the space to enjoy every moment. We\u2019ve walked the walks, visited the hotels, spoken to the locals, and marvelled at the views. And now we want you to see the things we\u2019ve seen. All you need to do is bring your boots. To request a free brochure visit inntravel.co.uk or call us on 01653 617796 Puglia, Italy EDITOR\u2019S LETTER 3 www.country\ufb01le.com OUR COLUMNISTS John Craven, \u2018Salmon could soon be extinct in UK waters\u2019, p24 \u201cThe Environment Agency says it\u2019s taking action to tackle pollution and restore and improve salmon habitats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicola Chester, \u2018The Archers has captured real rural dramas\u2019, p98 \u201cThe Archers is part of our cultural landscape and one of the BBC\u2019s most popular on-demand programmes.\u201d As I write this, three weeks before you\u2019ll read it, it\u2019s still raining. I\u2019ve lost track of when it wasn\u2019t. Every few days, I\u2019ve been checking the garden to see how my bulbs are coming on, or to look for buds on shrubs and my favourite cherry tree.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m becoming obsessed with looking for signs of spring. I know it\u2019s coming, and I\u2019m literally counting the days. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t enjoy winter \u2013 it\u2019s easily in my top four seasons of the year. It\u2019s just that I love spring with such a passion that by February the expectation puts me in mind of the excitement that kicked in when I would open the \ufb01rst window on my Advent calendar as a boy. I\u2019ve often pondered why it\u2019s my favourite time of year. If I had to distil it to one word it would be this: hope.<\/p>\n

The hope that comes with new life, with renewed colour, the promise of increasingly longer days (and evenings) spent outdoors, watching the life \ufb02ood back to every corner of my garden, and into the trees and \ufb01elds beyond. As a celebration of this anticipation, we asked a host of Britain\u2019s favourite \ufb01gures where they escape to when spring arrives. You can read their thoughts from page 40. Why not write in and tell us what you love about spring, and where you\u2019re heading out to enjoy it?<\/p>\n

After all, by the time you read this, it\u2019ll be almost here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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