A dream of glory is captured in this photographer’s ‘golden hour’ moment early on a November day. But it won’t last. Or will it?
Continue reading “The Glory and the Dream”The Glory and the Dream
Wales – Land of Blessing
The beautiful hills and valleys of Wales once echoed to the sound of singing especially during some of the many spiritual revivals between the years 1735-1904. Today, the nation waits for the unpredictable winds of God’s blessing to blow across this land again.
Continue reading “Wales – Land of Blessing”Autumn in Scotland
Autumn in Scotland’s Highlands and Islands brings the haunting sound of the rutting red deer echoing across the hillsides. The first hint of snow is on the mountains, mist is settling in the glens and perhaps there’s a golden eagle on the horizon. We need places like this.
Continue reading “Autumn in Scotland”Wildlife Secrets of the Meadow Gateway
Wildlife secrets are waiting to be revealed in this meadow gateway. It was built many years ago for the convenience of the farmer, but was it?
REad moreCelebrating the British Landscape
In this brief review of Anna Pavord’s book about celebrating the British landscape we look through the eyes of painters, ploughmen and rural writers at how we have viewed our countryside over the centuries and the importance of our own Local Place.
Continue reading “Celebrating the British Landscape”September
This time I’m relishing September’s late summer reverie of golden glory with the first hints of autumn; thinking of those Michaelmas Angels; finding great wisdom in Alice in Wonderland and expecting some surprises.
Continue reading “September”‘Rural Rides’ with William Cobbett.
When William Cobbett made his historic ‘Rural Rides’ in the early 19th century around southern England it was the time of the infamous Corn Laws. The age of the Enclosures and the Tolpuddle martyrs was still a fresh memory. Farming life was hard for rural folk then.
Continue reading “‘Rural Rides’ with William Cobbett.”