Is a bird reserve created by heavy industry a natural or an unnatural landscape? I grew up in a place called Neston, within a mile from my home there is the old seaside resort of Parkgate. It is on the…
agriculture
Laws designed to protect the environment, but which favour it by restricting man’s natural activity will inevitably lead to the demise of both. This is because man – even modern man – is an essential and natural component of the…
An English cottage garden with a Spanish twist. Here are some photographs of my parents’ back garden in England. After I visited them in Spain on my recent trip to Europe, I went on to England and stayed at the…
Last week I wrote about Bodysgallen, a country house in the Conway Valley in North Wales. Here are some photos of somewhere I visited on the same day further inland on the same river valley. It is Bodnant Garden. The…