tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post8433224539016245883..comments2024-03-29T10:27:17.871+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Coming HomePeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-15683228077374032762008-05-11T23:07:00.000+01:002008-05-11T23:07:00.000+01:00Dungeness coming up JD. Needless to say though, Ja...Dungeness coming up JD. Needless to say though, Jarman's Jardins snapped and much more besides, including close-ups of RHDLR's 'Northern Chief' simmering like a kettle in the shingle-bound red-roofed cafe.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-40932125901373040082008-05-11T17:47:00.000+01:002008-05-11T17:47:00.000+01:00Beautiful picture Mr A. Dappled lanes so evocative...Beautiful picture Mr A. Dappled lanes so evocative. And now the harsh concrete of Dungeness...do take a look at Derek Jarman's hut. A ride on the RH&DR perchance?Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-15382289922542187532008-05-11T12:49:00.000+01:002008-05-11T12:49:00.000+01:00You had me worried there Diplo, thought I'd slippe...You had me worried there Diplo, thought I'd slipped through the space / time continuum again. In fact I've just recalled I was in fact messing about on the blog at 5.43am, prior to transhipment to the Dungeness Peninsular, more of which to follow.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-63722184928458982902008-05-09T16:38:00.000+01:002008-05-09T16:38:00.000+01:00Shotwick village on the wirral is one such oasis.....Shotwick village on the wirral is one such oasis...a place able to transport one back instantly day or night.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-26442832652416564292008-05-09T09:12:00.000+01:002008-05-09T09:12:00.000+01:00oh yeah - by the way what are you doing posting co...oh yeah - by the way what are you doing posting comments on your own blog at 05.43 hrs - or are you still on mystery time ?Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-73388730655569104442008-05-09T07:49:00.000+01:002008-05-09T07:49:00.000+01:00Just done Badmin at 06.30 hrs this morning - Milto...Just done Badmin at 06.30 hrs this morning - Milton Earnest on the A6 - massive display of chestnut candles prompting a whole conversation about the afore-mentioned. Bit of a coincidence that.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-62000902469624479962008-05-09T05:43:00.000+01:002008-05-09T05:43:00.000+01:00If anything I did came even remotely near a Ravili...If anything I did came even remotely near a Ravilious, I would be ecstatic. And of course sometimes real life seems to want to imitate art so often. A stand of winter chestnuts round a set of farm buildings is 'very Badmin'; a row of swallows on a phone wire above a lichened tiled roof becomes a Tunnicliffe.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-72017694359650640632008-05-08T19:32:00.000+01:002008-05-08T19:32:00.000+01:00A road disappearing among enfolding trees. It's a ...A road disappearing among enfolding trees. It's a very English scene, the kind that has inspired English artists such as Graham Sutherland (his 'Entrance to a lane') and Eric Ravilious, to name but two. It seems indeed to take one back in time, but also to lead into the unknown, into those explorations that make the middle of England so rewarding.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-59361994493021547712008-05-08T14:57:00.000+01:002008-05-08T14:57:00.000+01:00Marvellous photo! I'd like to think you published ...Marvellous photo! I'd like to think you published it just for me...returning to England after a journey through some of the less than wonderful parts of the world. <BR/>I know you didn't, but it does sum up all the things that make England so lovely - and such a good place to come back to.<BR/>Now all we have to do is stop idiots like Gordon 'I'm alright Jock' Brown and his tribe from building an Eco Village on it.Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-85272508348768407672008-05-08T13:47:00.000+01:002008-05-08T13:47:00.000+01:00You are so right Diplo, particularly about the fee...You are so right Diplo, particularly about the feeling you get in many parts of this area of time having just stood still. It is especially true of the country churchyards, and even if the church itself has been 'got at' by the Victorians, there is still an overwhelming sense of not only past times but of the generations that have held these places in their hearts.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-39491665225340107902008-05-08T13:30:00.000+01:002008-05-08T13:30:00.000+01:00Ah - that's much more like it, altogether less pro...Ah - that's much more like it, altogether less provocative and unlikely to trigger any nonsense.<BR/><BR/>I'm very keen on the part of Leicestershire you describe, there is still an abundance of grassland and, particularly on that moonlit night you mention, it is like being transported to 18th century.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.com