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16 Nov Putting Flesh on the Bones

Posted at 20:04h in by Melinda Appleby

A writing week in Scotland challenges a sense of place and challenges us to write so that something changes in our attitude to the natural world...

22 Aug Seeking Deakin – A Reflection

Posted at 19:38h in by Melinda Appleby

Cowpasture Lane is such an important feature of our local landscape, and Deakin so instrumental in its survival, that I felt we should walk it in celebration of his life and work....

29 Jun Walking with Childood Ghosts

Posted at 18:41h in by Melinda Appleby

I am taking a winter prowl through reedbeds, their dried pennants of leaves rasping in a slow wind and I glance furtively behind to see who is stalking me.

18 Feb What the Brecks mean to me

Posted at 09:50h in by Melinda Appleby

Travelling through the Brecks was a regular part of my childhood, taking the long drive from Bury St Edmunds through Thetford, on to Swaffham and beyond....