bee
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Posted: Dec. 04 2006, 09:30 |
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It was a lovely visit.
I'd been a bit naughty really & planned our entire holiday around the full moon on 9 August, in order that we should be in the vicinity of Hergest Ridge, but I hadn't told the family that! We started late afternoon with a visit to Hergest Croft Gardens nearby, & had a great time there, me imagining what it would be like to live that close to the Ridge, the children exploring the gardens. Having had a fabulous summer in the UK from about May onwards, August was proving to be colder, windier and with a great deal of cloud. So unfortunately the kite flying idea we'd had, didn't seem such fun. I feared losing one of the children to another hillside, it was so gusty! They kind of wanted to have a go anyway.
We did go again though the next day & it was wonderful. As we walked up the hillside, quite late in the evening I was struck by our ....( and this is going to sound really corny - but it's true!! moonlight shadows! It was a beautiful, magical evening & a very special moment for me to see our shadows in the silvery light in such a meaningful place. Such peacefulness. We saw a shooting star & a fighter plane flew through the valley which did make us jump. Could have stayed all night, but had to move on. Will definitely return again, one day.
bee
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You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again
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