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Will you shower him with disposable gifts this Father’s Day or organise a sustainable family experience? Celia Gaynor looks at some of the eco-friendlier ways to treat the patriarch in your family.
He will keep hand-painted figures like these forever, possibly in a sock drawer
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he Green Man is a popular figure in ancient British mythology and there’s no reason why families can’t channel a bit of his ethos into their own plans for Father’s Day. Famous as a symbol of renewal (and, goodness knows, don’t we all need a bit of renewal right now?), he represents spring and nature in full growth. So let’s not ruin it all by buying dad a petrol-guzzling
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F1 experience at the local racetrack or that shiny, new exercise gizmo he was so keen on, with a three day lifespan if you can get it working in the first place (she writes, ignoring the groans of disappointment emanating from the man-cave in our house). As lockdown continues to relax, a range of new or rediscovered attractions are opening up in Gloucestershire, and Father’s
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Day is a great opportunity to he’ll treasure more than a piece explore them. of pottery created by your own A new Kingfisher Trail opens fair hand, perhaps with the help in the Cotswolds on 31 May, of Paint-a-Pot (www.paint-a-pot. taking a loop from Chipping co.uk) or Taurus Crafts in Lydney, Campden in the north, past Forest of Dean. Winchcombe, Cheltenham and If he’s a cyclist, maybe he’d apStroud to Chipping Sodbury (The preciate a UK-produced leather Severn section of the path), with pannier bag by Hill & Ellis (www. an eastern section (The Thames hillandellis.com). path) starting at Royal Wotton Of course, everyone loves Bassett, winding up through chocolate on Father’s Day, so Tetbury, Cricklade and Bibury up imagine his face when he opens to Moreton-in-Marsh. Featuring a box from ChocFACE and sees 22 kingfisher-themed artworks edible colour prints of your own by artists ranging from PJ Crook family scenes – perhaps even to Inkie, the trail takes in some his own fizzog – etched into the of the area’s most breathtaking surface of the delicious Belgian scenery. And when the project chocolate (www.chocface.com). ends in October the artworks If you wanted the ultimate marwill be sold in aid of Cotswold riage of consumerism and susNational Landscape Projects. tainability you might even think More wonderful views can be about imprinting an image of the discovered on the Canal Family Green Man on the chocolate. But Trail, which marks the maybe then it wouldn’t be green. start of the final stage of restoration connecting Stroudwater Canal to the national waterways network. The trail runs parallel to the Stonehouse to Stroud railway and although a celebratory programme of entertainment and attractions concludes on 31 May, there will be plenty of activity in the neighbourhood throughout June, including a warm Satchel-style cycle pan nier by Hill & Ellis welcome at such eateries as Stonehouse Court Hotel, Stroud Brewery and the Felt oud Canal Family Trail, Str Café in Brimscombe, the Upper Lock Café in Stroud and many others. Both trails make beautiful settings for a Father’s Day picnic or meal out. Meanwhile, for those children who do want to present dad with a material gift, there’s nothing
