12.38
DGM HQ.
Selected sound files of RF & The LCG in Buenos Aires upstairs to Alex in SoundWorld II for a Mr. Stormy’s Monday Selection.
Reflecting on Awakening the Mighty Beast & a letter to fellow Crims on the subject.
17.29 Stuff. Signing cheques.
A telephone call from a BBC Radio 4 researcher who is seeking an interview for a programme on small compositions. He has in mind the Four Notes for Vista. I no longer undertake interviews, as I prefer to do what I do, rather than talk about what I do. For 30 years I talked more about what I was doing, than doing it. He attempts to persuade me otherwise – of course! he says - and I explain that this is why I don’t usually take calls from aspirant interviewers.
17.09 Closing the desk. Off to Bredonborough via Wilton.
22.11 Bredonbrough.
Down into Wilton through the beech avenue, the green tunnel of trees (cf the beech avenue by Badbury Rings, near Wimborne) I…
… to where Mr. Romain welcomed me at the Romain’s Emporium of Antiquities & Wonder…
Over Salisbury Plain…
… and the Winterbourne Stoke roundabout on the A303…
… but the road East, past Stonehenge, was closed due to an accident. So, backtracking & along the Woodford Valley in a queue of cars also finding an alternative route…
… along the country lane to Amesbury. Past Mr. & Mrs. Sumner’s wonderful pile (behind the yew hedge)…
… designed by Detmar Blow c. 1905. (also Duke who killed my father)
Further along, the serpentine wall of Wilsford Manor, home to Stephen Tennant (also here) …
Mr. Romain, a bona local, as a child wondered aloud as to the indentity of the beautiful woman riding a horse in the valley.
Sky over Marlborough…
… and into Gloucestershire I…
Skies over Birdlip…
Towards Worcestershire…
… and into Bredonborough…
Home!...
Those posters to the Guestbook, who are afraid that this photography might be dangerous, may I reassure them: when both my hands are engaged in photography, I am well able to steer with my feet, especially driving down hill - the momentum of the car freeing my accelerator foot. And if I am leaning out of a window to take a shot, I usually pull over & photograph while stationary.
As I arrive, the Minx is on BBC TV1; a Saving Planet Earth programme, on a fun quiz show hosted by Graham Norton…
The male team includes Bill Oddie & Brian Blessed. On the ladies’ team, Carol Thatcher, daughter of the former Prime Minister, is on the left…
Which is the hairiest animal in the world? asks Graham. Brian Blessed! answers Toyah…
The Minx rules!
Evening skies of Bredonborough I…
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Practising underway.
"It is difficult to exaggerate the power of habit."
