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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Aleppo
I drove past a solid line of coaches along Queen’s Road, Cambridge, between King’s College back gate and Silver Street on Saturday. I muttered ‘Bloody tourists, I hate them’, seeing in my mind’s eye the unpleasant place the centre of … Continue reading
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Beechwood Runes
The soft, smooth bark of the beech invites lovers’ sgraffito; the union of minds and bodies is declared under the whispering trees. Maybe the love will grow and mature with the tree, enduring from decade to decade. But it’s a … Continue reading
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Fenscape 2
After two brilliant days of exceptional September sun today dawned shrouded in autumnal mist. Photo: Chear Fen, Streathan, Cambs & Streathan Old Engine, Streatham, Cambs
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Fenscape
Cambridgeshire can’t boast that its countryside is a treat for walkers. But the Fens do have their own special quality – wide spaces, distant horizons and big skies – especially when seen from raised dykes and river banks. Photo: Middle … Continue reading
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Brian Harris
I met Brian Harris at The Gogs Farm Shop, Cambridge, on Sunday 4th September. He was promoting his book, ‘Brian Harris – …and then the Prime Minister hit me…’. Brian’s story is told in a 100 pages of narrative describing … Continue reading
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Elford Closes
Early morning at Elford Closes by the Lazy Otter, Streatham, Cambs, August 2016.
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Landbeach seat
There is something rather romantic and elegiac about rickety empty seats by little used country paths. Who has sat there, who is it waiting for? Photo: Seat, Landbeach, August 2016
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Beechwoods – maritime
My post on 29th July quoted from Robert Macfarlane’s The Wild Places: ‘From a quarter of a mile away, I could hear the noise of the wood in the wind: a soft marine roar.’ On a blustery sunny … Continue reading
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