tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post686686500308048396..comments2024-03-26T16:59:23.236+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Following in the Footsteps of an "Edwardian Lady" - Part 2Ragged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-30593012331816752362012-04-03T17:45:21.844+01:002012-04-03T17:45:21.844+01:00Many thanks Shy Songbird for your lovely comment. ...Many thanks Shy Songbird for your lovely comment. I think its a good job we can't "fastforward" to 2112 - I think we would be horrified!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-58439769536802688842012-04-03T15:26:11.905+01:002012-04-03T15:26:11.905+01:00A lovely read and beautifully illustrated. It must...A lovely read and beautifully illustrated. It must be lovely to be so close to the places she loved so much. As you imply, I suspect she would be dismayed to see the changes now. I live within less than a mile of my childhood home and some of the favourite places I walked in then are sadly unrecognisable now.<br /><br />I haven't seen any Coltsfoot yet this year! Lovely, golden Celandines.ShySongbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148381873578585910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-25039936245859192592012-04-03T10:05:53.466+01:002012-04-03T10:05:53.466+01:00Chris - many thanks. I'm so glad you are enjo...Chris - many thanks. I'm so glad you are enjoying these posts as I did wonder if they might have limited appeal to those who know the books! Later this month I plan to visit Olton and a mill pool she visited and I will also check out the fragments of woods still left today and see if they do contain any of the wild flowers she mentions. <br /><br />Toffeeapple - you are fortunate to leave so close to a canal. It is nice to see continuity over many years as you mention. What a dreadful shame that the Royal Train is no longer renovated at the same place.<br /><br />kirtstallcreatures - it is a lovely isn't it - she certainly came up with a great phrase there - you can just imagine the tiny white flowers sprinkled over the grassy banks like stars!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-54851533437436818692012-04-02T23:38:01.742+01:002012-04-02T23:38:01.742+01:00"strawberry-leafed cinquefoil spangling the b..."strawberry-leafed cinquefoil spangling the banks", what a wonderful line.kirstallcreatureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998154163393757732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-36673502779681084542012-04-02T22:34:46.939+01:002012-04-02T22:34:46.939+01:00I live about two hundred yards from the Grand Unio...I live about two hundred yards from the Grand Union Canal in Wolverton, the old railway town. things have changed here too but it is only recently that the Royal Train has stopped being re-decorated/repaired here. I liked the continuity of that fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-15073526882394242382012-04-02T22:13:25.818+01:002012-04-02T22:13:25.818+01:00I wonder what she'd say. I really like you pl...I wonder what she'd say. I really like you playing detective on this series of posts. It makes me wonder how the flowers she describes in her walks/book could exist through the changes of suburbia...and have they continued to do so? You have me fascinated by this story....please continue her walks and revisit the area again. I like:)Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.com