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Bending to dig, twisting to prune and carrying heavy loads can all mean gardeners end up with unnecessary aches. Here are some expert tips to keep you healthy as your garden blooms. One of the reasons gardening is such good exercise is that the sheer joy of it...Relationship charity releases vegetable themed condoms for over-65s
A new campaign has brought the topic of sexual health among the over-65s to an unexpected environment… the garden centre. Silver Surfers reports that according to research conducted by the relationship charity Relate, more than half of those over 65 consider...‘I call it sauna head – your ego disappears’: how the UK got hooked on heat
From a hut by a Welsh river to a converted horsebox on the beach, saunas are appearing in unlikely spots all over the country. It’s a chilly morning in Walpole Bay, Kent, and I’m waist deep in the sea. Unable to stand it any longer, I wade out and sprint across the...Ourplace News
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