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

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Can the past inform the future?

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As I write this blog I am sitting by the side of a field, looking across a grassland landscape towards a steep chalk downland hill. This is...
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Sunday, 21 April 2013

So what's this dawn chorus then...

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Now that it seems that this long cold winter has finally broken with warmer mornings now a feature of the British landscape, many of ...
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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

John Moore of Tewkesbury

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Last weekend I was in the lovely Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury on what was almost a warm spring day. I'm not complaining as the sk...
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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Richard Jefferies Essay : The Dawn

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Some of you will have been aware that this Easter, on Radio 4 there was a 3 part programme of mine called In Pursuit of Spring , an account...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

In Pursuit of Spring : Radio 4 this Easter

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Just a quick posting to link to my last posting on countryside writers. The Radio 4 series I produced with the National Trust's Matth...
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Thursday, 21 March 2013

The landscape of nature writers of old

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Yesterday was a momentous day: I finally put down my editing mouse and said a sad farewell to an 8 month pilgrimage with one of the greates...
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Sunday, 10 March 2013

Edward Thomas and Burbage On-line

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Burbage news is the local (to me at weekends) community initiative. It's a great little paper packed with information and news from thi...
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