Bravo for Bedfordshire
SARAH Baxter recently wrote a piece in The Telegraph titled ‘The hidden wonders of England’s most boring county’. Which county was she referring to? Bedfordshire, the place I have called home for the last seven years since moving to England from Africa. I think we should send Sarah to Mogadishu or Kinshasa for a few weeks, then she will wish she was in boring Bedfordshire.
According to a 2018 YouGov poll, in which 42,000 people participated, Bedfordshire is the most unpopular county in all of England. I wonder how many of those 42,000 people have actually been to Bedfordshire?
I am obviously a fan of the place or else I would not have ended up staying here for so long and I have no plans whatsoever of leaving. People say it’s flat which probably explains why they host an annual walking festival here. I find the place fascinating, despite the fact I have been lucky enough to travel the world with work.
I genuinely love the Bedfordshire countryside. There are adventures to be had everywhere. A few weeks ago, we did a family walk at the Sharpenhoe Clappers, the beauty of the place just blew me away. I also regularly take my son for drives around the Woburn Safari Park in
