The English countryside is full of grand stately homes surrounded by large landscaped estates. Once exclusively private, today many are struggling to survive, as a result they have had to call in bodies like the National Trust and English Heritage in order to survive. A favoured few have become sucessful places of tourism. The tables have been turned!
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Of all the many Downland villages, Alfriston must be one of the favourites. A remote place, bypassed by modern development, it carries the old fashioned charm we love. Tourists flock here for a taste of old England.
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Of the rare chalk rivers in the world 86% are in England. They are a national treasure. The Test and the Itchen in Hampshire are two of the best. They are the crown- jewels of our South of England countryside.
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An increasingly rare sight these days is my favourite early songbird, the Song Thrush. I miss the thrushes’ clear phrases awaking the dawn of early spring and echoing over the village in early evening. Is this a going to be a silent Spring?
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A Listening Heart 