by Renée Clive | 5 Oct, 2018 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Here on the cropped grass of the narrow ridge I stand, A fathom of earth, alive in air, Aloof as an admiral on the old rocks England below me WH Auden 1936 Spread along the horizon to the north-east of Ledbury, stretches the bumpy spine of the Malvern Hills: a...
by claredelatorre | 22 Jul, 2012 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
One of our favorite Shopshire towns is Much Wenlock and on a recent visit to the town I was startled to read a claim that the town hosted the first Olympic Games. Dr William Penny Brookes, a local surgeon, established the first Wenlock Olympian Games in 1850. Looking...
by claredelatorre | 5 Mar, 2012 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Depending where you are in the country, daffodils are either in full bloom or at least showing promise. Daffodils have been grown around Kempley, just south of Ledbury, for decades and provided local children with the job of cutting & bunching with raffia the...
