I realise that you are probably fed up of hearing the word ‘COVID-19’ or ‘coronavirus’ on any form of media and so if you hoping to escape the virus on thinkingcountry I apologise. However, it wouldn’t seem right to reflect back on the week without mentioning it at all. At the time of writing theContinueContinue reading “Thoughts from the week”
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The Country Show
Across the country each summer a large number of country shows are organised, celebrating everything that the countryside has to offer, from agriculture and stock judging to country crafts and traditions. Tomorrow, one of the largest shows, The Royal Welsh Show, opens its doors to the public. Today it’s the final day of the RoyalContinueContinue reading “The Country Show”
Book Review – The Forager’s Calendar – by John Wright
Foraging is a pastime like no other, although it combines the joys of several outdoor activities. It provides an opportunity to learn and promises delicious results, so long as one knows what to do with the collected spoils on return to the kitchen. John Wright’s The Forager’s Calendar is a fairly comprehensive account and handbook forContinueContinue reading “Book Review – The Forager’s Calendar – by John Wright”
Book Review – The Easternmost House – by Juliet Blaxland
‘’The Easternmost House is a portrait of a place that soon will no longer exist. It is a memorial to this house and the lost village it represents, and to our ephemeral life here, so that something of it will remain once it has all gone.’’ The bar was set high when I read theContinueContinue reading “Book Review – The Easternmost House – by Juliet Blaxland”
My review of 2018
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and that’s why I enjoy writing end of year posts. What’s done is done and you can look forward to a new year which you can hope will bring the promised land, even though experience teaches us that every year is a rollercoaster in its own way, with troubled timesContinueContinue reading “My review of 2018”
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