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Quiz of the week

1) Which is the largest owl ever sighted on the British Isles?

2) Which is the UK’s largest AONB?

3) Which British composer wrote the tune used for the American national anthem?

4) Where would you find the Canonteign Falls, England’s highest manmade waterfalls?

5) How many British monarchs also had the title of Emperor (or Empress) of India?

Word of the week

Pareidolia (noun) The tendency to give a meaningful interpretation or see a meaningful image in a random pattern

100 years ago in October 28, 1922

SOME months ago there occurred an incident near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, that will be of interest to all nature lovers… A man was walking near a local canal when his terrier disappeared under

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