Strip lynchets, a gathering storm and the lamb of God

[Bob W]

> Very  nice gallery. Pretty countryside (England looks so 
> manicured compared 
> to  California). Age, I think, mainly. How long one has been 
> settled vs the  
> other.

probably. That part of the country has been inhabited continuously
since the end of the last Ice Age, I think. Deforestation happened
over several thousand years, and there has been agriculture there for
about 6,000 years. Dorset grew rich off sheep farming during the
Georgian period, and the hedgerows would have been planted following
the Enclosures of the 18th (?) century. 

There are still some primeval woodlands in the region, but not much,
so practically the whole countryside is man-made.

--
 Bob
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On 
> Behalf Of Eactivist at aol.com
> Sent: 01 July 2007 22:26
> To: pdml at pdml.net
> Subject: Re: Strip lynchets, a gathering storm and the lamb of God
> 
> In a message dated 6/30/2007 4:21:14 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
> pdml at web-options.com writes:
> Before breaking my arm, I  managed to spend an evening and a day
> cycling and photographing in West  Dorset. The only time I 
> knelt in any
> of these little churches was to steady  the camera on the back of
the
> pew. Maybe there's a reason why I broke my  arm...
> 
> http://www.web-options.com/Dorset/
> 
> Bob
> 
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> Very  nice gallery. Pretty countryside (England looks so 
> manicured compared 
> to  California). Age, I think, mainly. How long one has been 
> settled vs the  
> other.
> 
> I especially like the numbered sheep and the rowers. What's with
the 
> numbering anyway? Makes me think of that mattress commercial 
> where the guy  counts 
> numbered sheep. :-)
> 
> Marnie aka Doe  
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