I meant to share this with you after my Dorset expedition a few weeks ago. Spotted on an ivy-clad stone wall in Worth Matravers, this is the little-known lichen Friedii Eggus.
You're both right, VK and LD. There's a superb Badger Poacher's Choice ale brewed in Blandford Forum by Hall & Woodhouse, and nearer to me a very scrummy Lincolnshire Poacher cheese. Actually, they'd go really well together. Time for a picnic in Unmitigated England. More gingham table cloths!
I am a designer, writer and photographer who spends all his time looking at England, particularly buildings and the countryside. But I have a leaning towards the slightly odd and neglected, the unsung elements that make England such an interesting place to live in. I am the author and photographer of over 25 books, in particular Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2006), More from Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2007), Cross Country (Wiley 2011), The Cigarette Papers (Frances Lincoln 2012), Preposterous Erections (Frances Lincoln 2012) and English Allsorts (Adelphi 2015)
"Open this book with reverence. It is a hymn to England". Clive Aslet
Preposterous Erections
"Enchanting...delightful". The Bookseller "Cheekily named" We Love This Book
The Cigarette Papers
"Unexpectedly pleasing and engrossing...beautifully illustrated". The Bookseller
Cross Country
"Until the happy advent of Peter Ashley's Cross Country it has, ironically, been foreigners who have been best at celebrating Englishness". Christina Hardyment / The Independent
More from Unmitigated England
"Give this book to someone you know- if not everyone you know." Simon Heffer, Country Life. "When it comes to spotting the small but telling details of Englishness, Peter Ashley has no equal." Michael Prodger, Sunday Telegraph
6 comments:
No one said Mother Nature doesn't have a sense of humour.
Far superior to Crappus birdii and Chewinggummus egregius.
Dorset Poacher - sounds like a real ale brew!
Oh, yes - or an extra-mature Cheddar!
You're both right, VK and LD. There's a superb Badger Poacher's Choice ale brewed in Blandford Forum by Hall & Woodhouse, and nearer to me a very scrummy Lincolnshire Poacher cheese. Actually, they'd go really well together. Time for a picnic in Unmitigated England. More gingham table cloths!
That'll be in Dorset then - a bit of a give away in the title
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