Writing tagged: ‘the Moor’
-
Seeing purple
The Moor is at peak-purple at this time of year, with the heather in full bloom.
-
The nearly dead tree
Each spring, I visit a particular corner of the Moor to check if an old friend has managed to survive another winter.
-
Exploring my damp patch
For many years, I’ve sought in vain for a particular wild flower on my local patch—a plant that inspired Charles Darwin to write an entire book on insectivorous plants.
-
Finding new ways
How plants can end up in the strangest of places.
-
The Thomas Browne Affair
On the seventeenth-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne, and his tenuous connection with my local moor.