With a dream of spring the countryside and our gardens wait expectantly. This is a creative season bursting with possibilities. There’s poetry in the air.
Continue reading “A Dream of Spring”A Dream of Spring
Category: The English Countryside
In Wealden Woods
The magnificent panorama of the Weald reminds us that the spirit of the ancient wildwood still survives here. So too does the spirit of Winnie-the- Pooh and his ‘100 acre wood’.
Continue reading “In Wealden Woods”Re-wilding the Countryside
On the Knepp Estate in Sussex re-wilding has created a profusion of wildlife that takes us back to the sights and sounds of our English countryside in the past.
Continue reading “Re-wilding the Countryside”My Darkling Thrush
As the year ends, the light fades and the cold of winter deepens, but for a moment a beautiful song of hope is filling the air as it did for Thomas Hardy. Continue reading “My Darkling Thrush”
Stonehenge, Sarum and that Spire
Passing over Salisbury Plain we travel through a world of pre-history and mystery. Everywhere, the unmistakable bare bones of ancient Britain can be clearly seen. Continue reading “Stonehenge, Sarum and that Spire”
November in an English Village
The Romans were here, we have an Anglo-Saxon English village name, a Norman Church and we are still a thriving community. What would Gilbert White have written about us, I wonder. Continue reading “November in an English Village”
The Lost Words
What makes a school bus driver raise £25,000 to send a book to 2,681 schools in Scotland? Answer – an enchanting book of nature poems and illustrations for children that everyone is talking about. Continue reading “The Lost Words”
