> > Fourteen years ago, I accidentally came upon this place at > > the height of bluebell season. It is a beech wood on the > > site of an Iron Age hill fort, about 25 miles southwest of > > Oxford. I thought it was magical, and have been looking > > forward to getting back ever since. This past weekend we > > spent an hour there. > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9069212&size=lg > > > > (K10D and DA 16-45) > > > > Rick > > This has taught me 2 new things. I've never before heard of > Badbury Clump, > but with bluebells like that I would like to go there. > Second, I always > thought one of my favourite photos, by Bill Brandt, was of Badbury > something, maybe Badbury Rings in Dorset. But a search for > the picture shows > I was wrong: > http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/5037-popup.html > > Bob >
I've investigate a bit more and have learnt that Badbury Clump is a local name for Badbury Hill, which of course I have heard of - it is very well known. ...and close to the unbelievably-named village of Great Coxwell. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
