Movim • Where tourists seldom tread, part 13: three more British towns with tales to tell

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Where tourists seldom tread, part 13: three more British towns with tales to tell

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 13 November 2024

We visit Wakefield’s rhubarb triangle, Britannia’s westernmost amphitheatre in Carmarthen, and Colne - home of Monty Python’s favourite cobblestones
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Actors say “rhubarb” to appear to be chatting. It’s easy to say the word quietly. Here in the national capital of this tasty perennial the stalks are – right now – growing, blushing, sweetening silently in the dark. The harvest season starts in mid-February, when shed doors are prised open and the gathering-in commences, by candlelight.