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| Minchinhampton Common : July 2013 (Alan Burnett) |
If you fancy a change of scene you can move house. But there is all that packing and cleaning and sorting and searching. Far better to get some of your closest friends to move and then visit them. Having successfully relocated D&S to Spain and thus opening up a whole new landscape to us, we have just returned from a few days in Gloucestershire where our oldest friends J&E have just relocated to. Their new home is in Minchinhampton, a very old market town a few miles away from Stroud. In many ways the scenery is not unlike the steep West Yorkshire valleys that we are so familiar with. The industrial ancestry of the area is similar to these parts : textile mills made full use of the fast flowing streams that swept down the valley sides. And at the top of the steep valley sides there are open, unfenced area. But whereas round these parts, those open areas are bog-filled, heather-clad moors, down there they are common pastures upon which cattle and horses roam freely. as we would say in these parts, "there is nobbut grass on't top".
Love the photograph!
ReplyDeleteHappy cows I'm sure. All those buttercups too.
ReplyDeleteThat is one excellent shot, Alan! I love the colloquialisms of your region.
ReplyDeleteEngland seems to have some pretty neat ideas like the Commons. We have large community pastures here on marginal land. Our present idiot govt. is selling these off.
ReplyDeletei find places like that to be very peaceful...even the low-ing of the cows...smiles...thought of you the other day...saw a book by a man of the same name...
ReplyDeleteI would love your countryside...great photo.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear you've been in 'Minch'. It's where my late sister in law lived until last year, so I know those scenes well.
ReplyDeleteA feeling of peace and contentment comes from your photo. I love the Yorkshire accent it reminds me of my mother.
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