tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post6294941599602406455..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Tennyson CountryThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-4909368262616957832009-05-14T18:54:00.000+01:002009-05-14T18:54:00.000+01:00RGN, I'm so pleased I've encouraged you to read/re...RGN, I'm so pleased I've encouraged you to read/reread WW. I think that poem is magnificent. I haven't yet finished my post-sequence about Wordsworth - so do keep reading!<br /><br />Some country churchyard yew trees can be unbelievably ancient. I've heard you can get 'high' from just sitting under them (some druggy scent they emit? - not sure), but I haven't tested it yet.<br /><br />Thanks, too, gleaner and Grizzled for your comments. You'll have to get over here some time, Grizzled, and feel the antiquity first hand!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-37537311930610753152009-05-11T03:20:00.000+01:002009-05-11T03:20:00.000+01:00It is so neat to be able to walk and visit such pl...It is so neat to be able to walk and visit such places where the likes of Tennyson and Wordsworth lived, played, worked. Especially as it looks so unchanged, which I know isn't true—though you could pretty easily convince me that it was, since the churches and trees and graveyards all look ancient. I could be green with envy over all this, jealous to the core…except your writing and photos almost take me there, and for that I'm really grateful. I enjoy these walking adventure with their literary twists immensely!Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-33925633313018300892009-05-10T23:31:00.000+01:002009-05-10T23:31:00.000+01:00I love the lopsided tree...an example of nature's ...I love the lopsided tree...an example of nature's wilful ways.gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-85370841266560497152009-05-10T22:12:00.000+01:002009-05-10T22:12:00.000+01:00Yew trees are fascinating. I've always liked the a...Yew trees are fascinating. I've always liked the atmosphere of yew hedges too - in gardens, and in paintings of gardens.<br /><br />Today I've had some glorious free time to sit in the sun on the doorstep, and read the full Wordsworth poem you quoted from, 'Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey'.<br /><br />Oh how wonderful! I can't think of anything to say about it - I'm just kind of 'being' it!Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.com