THE WESSEX REIVER

Since 2008 an eclectic ad hoc forage into British natural history, the rural scene, country ways and and related topics. Now retired. Another blog covers my interest in the period 1750-1850 'Mostly Woolgathering' Social media via Instagram @wessex_reiver

Thursday, 28 August 2025

For a Fistful of Raindrops

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In  A Fistful of Dollars , the arrival of a stranger brings with it six-shooter law to the township of San Miguel. Ultimately the dire situa...
Wednesday, 30 July 2025

In Pursuit of Miss Austen

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To reinterpret, and devastatingly mangle, one of the greatest lines in English literature - "It is a truth universally acknowledged tha...
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Thursday, 24 July 2025

Lyscombe Nature Reserve : Embryo Project Idea

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 "I think we should return to the car, that looks seriously wet" Those words passed my lips less than a minute after leaving the c...
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Friday, 23 May 2025

Silence on the hills

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Unusually I am writing this while sitting having my lunch looking at this view. Mostly I would note something of interest while out, then wh...
Sunday, 4 May 2025

No Blues, But Plenty Two's

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It was on a warm, indeed very warm May Day when I found myself wandering a precipitous hillside in north Dorset. This spring has been most i...
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