From lifting your head up to making time for tea, there are lots of little ways to brighten up April

If still too chilly to pitch the tent, check out Canopy & Stars’ latest spring-friendly additions (think hot showers, duck-down duvets and four-poster beds).
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‘The best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain’
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet

Dust off your trainers – 6 April is Walk to Work Day. Why not aim to walk every Friday this month (to the shops/ school/pub)?

Create a meal using food that could have been binned, take a photo and post the recipe on social media, #RecipeforDisaster, with a donation of £5 to combat food waste.
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Note the time the sun rises and sets on the same day each week and watch the days lengthening.

More on pages 16-17 of April's The Simple Things.