Is traditional English country life vanishing today? We like to think some of the spirit of Old England still survives in our own village here.
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Category: The English Countryside
The Glory and the Dream
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”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”‘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.”The Call of the Running Tide
A small boat floats lost on an immensity of ocean while the moon’s mass looming large is tugging at the sea. This is the dance of the sea with her partners the earth, the moon and the sun giving us the tides. Powerful forces are at work here.
Continue reading “The Call of the Running Tide”Re-visiting the Wye with Wordsworth
With Wordsworth we re-visit the beautiful Wye valley near Tintern Abbey to re-discover the source of one of his most famous pieces of poetry.
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