Toby Keel

4 days ago | countrylife.co.uk | Toby Keel

Cirencester — £3.25 millionThis Grade II-listed vicarage has six bedrooms and 2.4 acres — but it's the grace and charm of the place rather than the space and facilities which will win you over. Georgian architecture, Cotswold Stone, huge sash windows, an Aga in the kitchen and a slate roof... this is the sort of place we've all dreamed of. For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

1 week ago | countrylife.co.uk | Toby Keel

Most people have friends who text them about going to the pub. If you're Louis D. Hall, you've got friends who'll text you about crossing a mountain range, sailing the Atlantic or coming face to face with remote tribes in Mongolia. This is all in a normal day (or week's) work for Louis. Most recently, he's trekked on horseback from Italy to Cape Finisterre in Spain, in a journey that spanned more than 100 days.

1 week ago | countrylife.co.uk | Toby Keel

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2 weeks ago | countrylife.co.uk | Toby Keel

The Country Life quiz runs daily every afternoon, with new editions published at around 4pm. Missed a day? Catch up with all our previous quizzes here. (Image credit: Strutt & Parker)Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.

2 weeks ago | countrylife.co.uk | Toby Keel

A few years ago, somebody wrote into the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 to complain. ‘Your presenters,’ they grumbled, ‘continually refer to the time as being “almost exactly 7 o’clock”, despite the fact that the adjectives “almost” and “exactly” are, by definition, mutually exclusive.’The presenters agreed that it was a fair point, but also agreed that it was a pleasant enough mistake to make — especially so early in the morning — and that they wouldn’t be changing their habit any time soon.