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| Along the Roman Road |
Today was a pearl of an early winter’s day so I decided to take the opportunity on one of my days off to cycle up to the
Gog Magog Hills and
Wandlebury Hill Fort and then to walk a little way along the
Roman Road to Copley Hill (
on top of which is a Neolithic or Bronze Age bowl barrow) to eat a sandwich, drink a flask of hot tea and take in the view.
Why I chose that particular spot for my lunch today can be explained by the fact that this morning as I had my first cup of tea of the day I decided, for no discernible reason, to listen to
William Alwyn’s Fifth Symphony. This symphony, written in 1973, has the subtitle
Hydriotaphia which, some of you may know, is taken from
Thomas Browne’s book Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial, or, a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns lately found in Norfolk (1658). I dug out my copy and read a few pages of its allusive and frankly hauntological prose and, as I pondered his words, I realised that I really had to make my way to a place where just such ancient burials were actually to be found so as better to carry on my own hauntological and philosophical musings.
Naturally, along the (ancient) way, I took a few photos and include them here for your pleasure. As always they were taken with my Fuji X100F and are all straight out of the camera jpegs (with an occasional, very slight, crop).
Just click on a photo to enlarge it.
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| A farmer and his dog on the way across to Copley Hill (on the right covered by trees) |
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| In the woods at Wandlebury Country Park |
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| Stonework in the grounds of Wandlebury House |
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| Doorway through into the orchard of Wandlebury House |
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| Doorway through into the orchard of Wandlebury House |
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| Fence in the woods in Wandlebury Country Park |
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| Bench in the woods in Wandlebury Country Park |
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| Coppicing in the woods in Wandlebury Country Park |
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| The sylvan nave in the woods in Wandlebury Country Park |
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| Along the Roman Road |
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| Along the Roman Road |
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| Along the Roman Road |
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| Along the Roman Road |
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| Along the Roman Road |
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| In the grounds of Wandlebury Country Park |
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| Sheep grazing in Wandlebury Country Park |
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| On top of Wormwood Hill (once thought to be a barrow) in Wandlebury Country Park |
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