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Author Archives: fordhollow74
GOLD BLOCK
In one of my infrequent episodes of tidying-up, a small round tin emerged, resisting any immediate attempt to reveal the contents within. A pipe tobacco tin from the 1950s, a remaining link to my father who for a few years … Continue reading
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PLOUGH SHEARS, PRUNING HOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS
Amongst the many joys of living in a house that was once the heart of an Exmoor hill farm, isolated and self-sufficient, are the unexpected things from a bygone age that turn up on occasion. Over a long period, for … Continue reading
WORLD POETRY DAY
Today is World Poetry Day; while many established poets will be honoured and celebrating, I thought there would be no harm in joining in, but I make no claim to have skill as a poet. A SWALLOW IN MY HAND … Continue reading
SILENCE
Erling Kagge is a Norwegian Philosopher, Lawyer and Explorer who has trekked to the North and South Poles, also climbing Everest to complete the ‘Three Poles’ challenge. His book Silence is being read on BBC4 at 09.45 in the mornings this … Continue reading
POEMS
There has been much said of late of a renewed interest in new published poetry. I live in West Somerset on Brendon Hill, the East flank of Exmoor. This is farming country, in the main beef and sheep lands. In … Continue reading
Posted in Calving, Lambing, Sonnet, Uncategorized
Tagged Beef, Brendon Hill, Exmoor, Sheep
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A SOMERSET TIPPING PUTT
The GTX of its day, this farm cart, a one horse Somerset Tipping Putt, worked on a single farm, Horsey Farm, Bridgwater for some seventy-five years. It was sold in the Farm Sale in the early 1990s and has rested … Continue reading
Posted in Armistice Centenary, Farm Carts, Uncategorized, Wheelwrights
Tagged Thurloxton Village
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TREE DOWN
We have seen all weathers since the Autumn Equinox last weekend, First the storm brought down a Rowan Tree, not the biggest, but one we planted some twenty-one years ago as a six-foot sapling. We hope to reset the root … Continue reading
Posted in Coppice, Uncategorized, woodland
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