Vaughan Williams’ ‘Lark Ascending‘ reminds us that no summer walk on the downs in southern England would be complete without the sound of skylarks singing overhead.
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The age old river Thames passes through Oxford, Reading, Henley, Marlow, Windsor, Runnymede, Hampton Court, Westminster…. The very names sound like a history of England. This river is full of stories.
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These are my favourite woods beside the river Arun. Last year we came here with ‘A Spring day with John Clare‘. This time I’m out with John Keats and seeing this familiar landscape through his eyes.
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Coming into the peace of wild things in disturbed times.
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A Listening Heart 