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The photos I have used on this site are mainly my own or those of Carol Mullineux and Matthew Sutton to whom I am grateful. For the other photos and quotes, I have tried, wherever possible, to give the relevant credits and references. Please do not copy the photos or text on this site without permission from me. Thank you. -- Richard Sutton

Tag: Nature

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journal

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journal

Did William Wordsworth ‘wander lonely as a cloud‘ through the Lakeland Fells? Was he the solitary poetic genius writing some of the greatest nature poetry in the English language? His sister Dorothy’s Grasmere Journal reveals a slightly different picture.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, Places of Interest, Season's Notes, The English CountrysideFebruary 18, 2021797 Words8 Comments

An Elegy for our Lost Woods

An Elegy for our Lost Woods

The wonder and mystery of woods has always fascinated us. They are the stuff of fairy stories, legends and much of our English literature. Those that are left, like the New Forest (above), are ‘the guardians of our dreams of greenwood liberty of our wildwood, feral, childhood selves’. (Roger Deakins)

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, The English CountrysideJanuary 20, 2021January 25, 2021796 Words6 Comments
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