So turn on the Beatles or whatever you love, plant a tree, join a community clean-up day and get some little, easy weights to use at home.

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The Cherry Tree Carol - possibly as old as the 15th Century - is one I particularly love.

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The labour of love of eccentric English aristocrat Sir Stewart Gore-Brown, it is approached down a long, tree-lined drive, flanked by farm buildings, settlements and workers houses, giving it the air of an old feudal domain.

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