As always, spring seems slow in coming ‘up this way‘. We follow Edward Thomas as he goes west in search of ‘real’ spring in the Quantock hills, getting into ‘Romantic’ mood on the way.
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Author: Richard Sutton
I'm a lover of the English countryside through the seasons,wildlife, gardens and nature poetry. Married with 4 grandchildren we are retired and now live in a West Sussex village..................
Country Walks with John Clare
A country walk with John Clare through one of England’s treasures, her footpaths, will reveal wayside wildlife secrets we have never noticed before.
Continue reading “Country Walks with John Clare”Is this Shakespeare Country?
Standing on this high point of the Cotswold Way I can hear the voices of William Shakespeare and William Tyndale. These two men have influenced the English language more than any others.
Continue reading “Is this Shakespeare Country?”Up There on the Cotswolds
The Cotswold villages have a unique charm with their attractive honey-coloured limestone cottages, clustered together around fine churches. They make for an ever-popular tourist destination and a photographer’s dream.
Continue reading “Up There on the Cotswolds”Small is still Beautiful
In the face of growing global warming and climate change, how can we avoid being part of the Mad Hatter’s tea party, where it’s always tea-time but never time to do the washing up?
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Scenes like this are becoming increasingly rare in the UK. What’s happening to our traditional winters such as that captured in John Clare’s heart-warming ‘January’ poem from his ‘Shepherd’s Calendar’?
Continue reading “What’s Happening to Winter?”Pursued by Love
Christmas reminds us of the tragedy of being homeless, a refugee, one of the ‘left outside people’ and the ‘unloved’. We all need ‘home’ where we can be loved. It’s lonely and cold outside.
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