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Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by Maggie at Wheatland Farm lodges

Maggie at Wheatland Farm lodges — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:10:29 +0000

Idyllic cottage – and with the garden beautifully tended too. What an inspiring man! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there could be a resurgence in using wood like that.

Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by Sian

Sian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:29:09 +0000

I had a lump in my throat reading your blog. It’s beautifully written (as always) and what a fantastic man to meet. I’m so glad you had the opportunity. Your blog stirred memories for me too – I originate from Kent and knew the Romney Marshes through childhood and beyond. And Great Dixter was a favourite place of mine. How marvellous that has continued using the old skills, and hopefully passing them on to others too. Thanks so much for sharing this experience, it brightened a grey day for me!

Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by mopsa

mopsa — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:01:16 +0000

What a wonderful, wonderful man – I hope he has had hundreds of apprentices over the years. And that miniature cottage – his grandchildren must have the most delicious memories.

Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by Mrs Jones

Mrs Jones — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:36:14 +0000

Utterly fabulous. It does the soul good to know there are still people like this in the world.

Comment on shorts…part three by paula

paula — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:22:50 +0000

Hi there – good to hear from you. Yes loved it. But I was there 35 years ago..at Church Gates Cottage. So I have no idea what it’s like now. Godd luck, enjoy it!

Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by elizabethm

elizabethm — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:46:22 +0000

Oh my god, you have done it again, the quickening of the pulse. CAn you get up here? There is somewhere I must take you to – Blackden. There is a link on my blog but their website doesn’t convey the way the hairs go up on the back of your neck.
I would love to meet your new friend and the house he has built is so perfect I am not sure what to say.

Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by Jane

Jane — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:43 +0000

Paula what a special, special moment captured so beautifully. It’s just how I feel about Syd, Andrew’s godfather. We bought our house from him 5 years ago. He’s 94 and now lives in Canada with his special wife, Hope. My love of wildlife has come from him. The talks we had before he left, and his presence in the garden that he tended for 60 years can still be felt as I walk around it. As he left the house to go to the airport with one case (everything else left inside the house) he turned and gave me the door key. “I know you’ll look after it” he said. He knows we will and that we won’t ever leave here because we love it as much him.

Comment on a meeting…an encounter I’ll not forget by heidi

heidi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:33 +0000

I’m actually weeping with tears of joy and delight as I write this. Thank you for sharing your new friend, and your visit.
Things are so hard these days, I needed that!
Does he teach thatching now?

Comment on time to remember by paula

paula — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:01:01 +0000

Oh Cathy, and to think it was just last week, maybe even Friday itself, I was chuckling over your wonderful video clip of Malcolm enjoying a 'hoover-groom'. I’m sure you are feeling quite desolate, and missing him extraordinarily...171/2 years is a very long time to have lived with and enjoyed all of Malcolm and for him to be an intrinsic part of your family. A pet dying leaves such a huge gap in one’s life...because, I guess, they are generally with one more than anyone else in the family. And you’ve just lost your father too...you are having a tough time. Mourning is such an individual and unpredictable thing; nothing can really be expected or unexpected. If you are able to give yourself the room for thoughts, memories and feelings to bubble up and time in which to embrace them that may help the healing process. Meanwhile, my thoughts are with you Cathy and those who have so recently died. Please look after yourself.

Comment on hatherleigh carnival and stormy weather by paula

paula — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:32:53 +0000

Thank you elizabeth.