Early morning in the September garden is a treasured moment of peace. I sit among flowers that seem to laugh and sing in their joyful, playful colour. But change is on the way.
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Up on the Downs again
A brief, blissful moment of late summer stillness on the South Downs brings back memories of past days walking in the silence of the Lakeland Fells.
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Welcome to the Thomas Hardy County of ‘Wessex‘, today’s Dorset, where you can re-live the Hardy novels, be amazed by the dramatic Jurassic Coast and wonder at the age of the earth.
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A cottage garden conjures up romantic images of hollyhocks, with roses climbing over quaint thatched roofs and memories of William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll. It’s time for a visit!
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