I Love Walking The Canal Towpath at Winter Twillight
I love walking the canal towpath at winter twilight When evening lights are reflected in the waters, Or walking in a winter wind, Watching the rain drops on the stippled surface, Glancing up at beech trees etched against the sky Or feeling darkness shroud the old...
Minchinhampton and Transportation
I came across this reference to a local transportation when re-reading The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes: ‘Mrs. Lycot, wife of “a gentleman of considerable landed property,” wrote in May 1819 to the local magistrate in Minchin Hampton, Sir George Paul, begging clemency...


