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Springing a leak
This wonderful fountain by Dhruva Mistry has had problems with leaks… and now the price on restoring it, again, is becoming almost prohibitive. I think it is wonderful, there is a pool, and different objects, including this reclining nude in Victoria Square in Birmingham. The whole work is made up of four pieces, River, Guardians, Youth and Object Variations; the […]
MoreVisiting Radwinter
Some time ago I drove past a sign for the village of Radwinter in Essex and was captivated by the name, and after a few months of brooding on a story, I took the opportunity to write one about a family called Radwinter as part of the National Novel Writing Month challenge. I had never […]
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Autumn in Taunton
Taunton is our county town, and the River Tone flows through it; it is thirty-two miles long and rises in the Brendon Hills near the beautifully named Huish Champflower. The river does not flow directly into the sea but joins the River Parratett at Burrowbridge. Standing on the Tone Bridge, looking along the river with Deller’s […]
MoreA particular time of day
Down on the beach, where the River Axe runs into the Bristol Channel in Weston Bay, what used to be called Glentworth Bay, the mud emerges from the sand. It is very dangerous, so many people each year get stuck and have to be rescued, or park their cars which are caught by the tide […]
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Someone has to live here…
We were at Rye Harbour… which is actually a village outside the town of Rye. We saw this lovely little cottage, Ship Cottage, and I couldn’t resist taking a photo because I know that sooner or later one of my characters is going to live in it! Rye Harbour is on the River Rother near […]
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Lois Elsden 