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Located in Almondbury, Yorkshire, this luxurious contemporary cottage is the perfect spot for large groups. The cottage sleeps up to 10 people and has 5 bedrooms. Wonderfully equipped with a kitchen and an adjacent terrace for eating meals, the home also boasts French doors that open out on to the garden. The area is perfect for relaxing summer evenings or for BBQ’s with friends and family. The cottage also has a swimming pool if the weather perks up, along with a gym. Fresh towels and linens are also included with the price. Local highlights include cycling along the numerous cycling routes , scenic walks to Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District National Parks and exploring the numerous shops or pubs within a short walking distance from the cottage. Clouds Hill Price : from 258 USD Number of Guests : 10 Check Price See our full list of recommended hotels in Huddersfield and also compare the prices with vacation rentals in Huddersfield Located in the tiny town of Golcar, West ...

Since his meteoric rise from backup quarterback to Super Bowl champion in the 2001 season, Tom Brady has been the franchise player of the New England Patriots . He’s won five Super Bowls, four Super Bowl MVPs , two NFL MVPs, and made 12 Pro Bowls . But most fans are more than aware of these accolades. As the Patriots legend turns 40 years old, here are 40 things you might not know about him: 1. He unintentionally dozed off for 20 or 30 minutes before his first Super Bowl. Prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXVI , Brady navigated the elongated pregame by taking a short nap in the locker room: “Twelve minutes later we were running out onto the field.” Advertisement 2 . His diet used to be a far cry from the healthy standards he now adheres by. While Brady is now a strict disciplinarian about what he eats, his rookie year was a little different. He used to eat nachos before games in 2000, when he was a fourth-string quarterback. And his “go-to lunches were ham-and-cheese subs with oni...

River Terrace in Northeast Washington is a modest, under-the-radar neighborhood of neat rowhouses, duplexes and a few rental apartment buildings . It’s quiet because the streets are exclusively residential, with no through traffic and limited entry points , and it is one of the few places in the city where you can find a home for less than $300,000. “It’s really an oversized cul-de-sac,” said Patrick Hughes, a resident since 2002 with his partner, Chris Quinones. The lush grounds of Anacostia Park and River Terrace Park and well-designed trails along the Anacostia River are neighborhood perks that provide residents with exceptional quality-of-life benefits — green space, fresh air, shade under the trees, a playground and water vistas. “We walk the dog along the trails. I ran there this morning, and I often bike there. We have season tickets to the Nationals and pick up a bike share and ride to Eastern Market and Navy Yard,” said Jessica Jones Capparell , who moved there with R...

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. I suspect that when Americans think about retiring abroad, they focus on Latin American countries , due to proximity and because places like Panama, Belize, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic usually show up on Best Places to Retire Abroad lists . Well, you won’t find any of those four countries in the Top 10 of The World’s Best Places to Retire in 2017 from Live and Invest Overseas . What you will find is a preponderance of Europe (six of the Top 10) plus a smattering of Mexico (two places) and Asia (two places, both in Malaysia). Another surprise: eight of those didn’t even make the Top 10 in the 2016 list from Live and Invest Overseas . “That surprised me too,” said Lief Simon, investment editor at Live and Invest Overseas and husband of the group’s founder and publisher, Kathleen Peddicord. In this year’s Top 10, the Algarve region of southern Portugal ranked No. 1 (for the fourth year in a row). Rounding out the...

What is a planned community? It's a housing development where the homes, roads, stores and other features are carefully designed and orchestrated to make living there as convenient and enjoyable as can be. For instance: Shopping centers may be deliberately situated within walking distance of planned community homes , which are typically attached—condos, townhouses, apartments—to make travel by foot manageable. Trees and flowers are planted alongside most streets, along with hiking/biking trails. High-speed commuter rails whisk workers to nearby urban centers  for their 9-to-5 jobs. There may even be village-wide Wi-Fi, to boot. Contrast this with the ad hoc way communities are usually built: In many cases, a developer just plunks down row housing on a parcel of land nowhere near commercial districts, which means you'll have to always grab your car keys for a carton of milk. Sometimes, luck or some modicum of forethought helps these neighborhoods turn out OK, but planned communi...