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Trapped alone in the wilderness with a shattered body, this is the moment Claire Nelson thought she was about to die. What followed was an astonishing feat of physical and emotional endurance Claire in the Joshua Tree national park just days before her accident From the top of a stack of boulders, 12 feet above the southern … Read more
The REAL-LIFE fairy-tale mountain landscape: Incredible images capture Switzerland’s impossibly beautiful Lauterbrunnen valley (though you might be forgiven for thinking it’s Hollywood CGI at work) Lauterbrunnen Valley is a ‘trough valley’ that contains no less than 72 waterfalls – one is 1,000ft high The valley town of Lauterbrunnen sits at an elevation of 795 metres … Read more
North Korea may be a nightmarishly oppressive state, but for architects there’s a sliver of dreamland within – the capital, Pyongyang. As architects Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapic explain in their new book, Model City Pyongyang. They say: ‘We realised that the city does have its own strange kind of beauty. Pyongyang embodies the dream … Read more
This summer has brought scorching heat, torrential downpours and damaging winds, but it takes more than unpredictable weather to knock Britain’s gardeners off their stride. Now in its 24th year, the Daily Mail’s National Garden Competition attracted almost 2,000 entries from all over the UK. ‘The competition shows once again that there’s no end to … Read more
Beautiful for shore! The 61 best beaches in Scotland for 2019 revealed in annual awards Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has named the award winners Beaches winning the accolade are judged to have met a range of criteria These include safety, access and facilities, and cleanliness In total, 54 beaches have held an award for five … Read more