Out to wander we linger in this place to absorb the atmosphere of these lonely downs, beautiful in their open spaces in the evening light. Grand views open up across the wooded Weald towards the distant North Downs, while the sea to the South sparkles silver in the sunlight.
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May’s Magnificence with John Keats
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.
Continue reading “May’s Magnificence with John Keats”A Spring Day with John Clare
Early morning Spring mist veils the waking landscape with the uncluttered freshness and innocence of a new day. What could be better than to spend the day with John Clare walking beside my favourite local Arun river.
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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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