Saturday, March 23, 2013
From the Western Morning News
A fascinating piece on hedge-laying, apparently a dying art. Hedges are described as mini-nature reserves,home to "600 plant species, 1,500 types of insects,60 species of birds and 20 different mammals."
Like everything that is good Britain, hedgerows are in danger of going away.
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Traditional-country-craft-hedge-laying-enjoying/story-18502518-detail/story.html#axzz2ON0QIXDP
Sunday, March 10, 2013
The Rose and Crown
I've begun to send copies of To Save the Realm to various places around the Isles that are in locales where my protagonist Brock Coole visits. Brock stays in an inn, the Bells, in my make-believe village of Nether Penketh. I've sent my book to an inn, the Rose and Crown, in Nether Stowey, on the edge of the Quantocks. The Rose and Crown looks like a great place to spend an evening or a week!
http://www.roseandcrown-netherstowey.co.uk/
"New" Information on Stonehenge
From the Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290601/Was-Stonehenge-ancient-burial-ground-Scientists-discover-bone-fragments-63-bodies-historic-monument.html
Saturday, March 9, 2013
From the Bucks Free Press
A new owl rescue home. Got to love the Brits.
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10273535.Owl_rescue_home_gets_the_green_light/?ref=ms
In Wales
Replacing conifer plantations with native oak and holly. And using draught horses to drag the timber.
http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/30638/
Saturday, March 2, 2013
From The Scotsman
A Swiss millionaire has bought the Scottish island of Sanda and closed it to public use.
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/millionaire-closes-sanda-island-to-the-public-1-2818179
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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