tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post3139891961894112258..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Ancient yew trees and a changing worldElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-51115552355284782102010-08-24T06:29:04.838+01:002010-08-24T06:29:04.838+01:00I had no idea that a tree could survive so long. ...I had no idea that a tree could survive so long. I've just got back from Wales, and it was a real eye-opener to realize that it was a "happening" place a millenia ago.<br /><br />What a blessing to be charmed by the place that you've made home.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-30788686498721076982010-08-24T04:19:15.982+01:002010-08-24T04:19:15.982+01:00If a tree grows and lives in response to its envir...If a tree grows and lives in response to its environment, that yew tree says something wonderful about where you live.Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733628227209788165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-4446335267136682672010-08-23T23:36:14.257+01:002010-08-23T23:36:14.257+01:00I love where you live.I love where you live.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-67194403115593212102010-08-23T20:54:42.750+01:002010-08-23T20:54:42.750+01:00It looks lovely, that yew tree is fabulous. We us...It looks lovely, that yew tree is fabulous. We used to camp in a place called Great Yews near Salisbury, was quite a haunting place on a pitch black night.Damohttp://www.twochancesvegplot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-27655335193570226792010-08-22T22:25:00.363+01:002010-08-22T22:25:00.363+01:00Sue - thank you, what a lovely thing to say!
Dan -...Sue - thank you, what a lovely thing to say!<br />Dan - I think we should all have a Henry Jones moment when we feel like a moan! What an amazing man.<br />Rachel - I am hoping you get to your own beautiful place soon:)<br />BSM - well this yews and your own oak are amongst the most fascinating I have seen.<br />Mountainear - all these places with stories to tell. I am enjoying the story of your place.<br />Marianne - I am with you on the impossibility of time on this scale, although I am now trying to think about it using Fennie's line of approach!<br />H - Criccieth is lovely. Lucky boys!<br />Molly - so glad you liked it. I am sure there are some fabulous places near where you live on your side of the border too!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-43846389086108714842010-08-22T21:13:28.930+01:002010-08-22T21:13:28.930+01:00Elizabeth I enjoyed reading your blog as I always ...Elizabeth I enjoyed reading your blog as I always do. Loved your thoughts on 'time.'Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-14688273694111525852010-08-21T14:31:10.852+01:002010-08-21T14:31:10.852+01:00As I type, my boys are on their way to Criccieth. ...As I type, my boys are on their way to Criccieth. I so wish I were going with them! By now, they'll be somewhere on the A55 between Chester and Conwy. I'm glad you share your beautiful land with us :)Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357761230206692089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-88135485645866410702010-08-21T09:45:22.433+01:002010-08-21T09:45:22.433+01:00It's impossible to imagine four thousand years...It's impossible to imagine four thousand years ago and a tree that has survived all that time. I loved the story of Henry Jones. What dedication.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-78188250884897897782010-08-20T23:44:18.389+01:002010-08-20T23:44:18.389+01:00Fran - I had never thought about the idea that a b...Fran - I had never thought about the idea that a bucketful of leather scraps could warm your cold feet as you studied. <br />Weaver - where you live is so ordinary to you and so exotic to others, great idea!<br />Tom - thank you and very good to have met you and discovered your blog.<br />Marilyn - we have drovers' roads here too. When you look at what our forebears did routinely and what we do now, is it any wonder we are getting fat?<br />Fennie - well yes and no. An astonishing length of time and yet, as you say, somehow frameable. I am sure the man and woman of 4000 years ago would have shared most of my concerns but theirs would surely have been keener. We are spoilt now, with our full bellies and the rooves over our heads.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-9694795312922028192010-08-20T18:02:28.990+01:002010-08-20T18:02:28.990+01:00Cyndy - unfathomable, that is a good word for it!
...Cyndy - unfathomable, that is a good word for it!<br />Leonora - I suppose most people like where they live, in our lucky Western world. And I am very much of the "if you don't like it, move" school!<br />Cro - Diolch yn fawr. It is hard to know isn't it whether to promote it or not? It would not be the same if it were overrun but it is so beautiful it would be good to share it a bit more I think.<br />Pondside - how did you get hold of F's book over there? It is fascinating isn't it? I love the idea of someone in BC reading about a tiny village in Shropshire.<br />Celia - "layered land", what a fabulous phrase for it. I am very aware of the layers where we live. Even our house and cottage and bakehouse are layered, before we have even gone out through the gate!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-51145705785270284722010-08-20T17:08:02.782+01:002010-08-20T17:08:02.782+01:00Another place to visit I think. I love finding out...Another place to visit I think. I love finding out about the places and things around me - it's all pretty amazing and even the most unassuming place seems to have a story to tell.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-78803991198431585612010-08-20T16:07:35.532+01:002010-08-20T16:07:35.532+01:00I love where you live too!
What amazing yew trees....I love where you live too!<br />What amazing yew trees.<br /><br />and ditto Sue's comments btw.<br /><br />xxBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-72511998465587479252010-08-20T14:23:28.056+01:002010-08-20T14:23:28.056+01:00What an interesting post, and a beautiful place. N...What an interesting post, and a beautiful place. No wonder you love living there.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-68521405372282534772010-08-20T13:52:17.041+01:002010-08-20T13:52:17.041+01:00Gorgeous post! What an amazing yew tree. I'l...Gorgeous post! What an amazing yew tree. I'll remind myself of Henry Jones next time I think life is too tough! That really is dedication and motivation!<br />Dan<br />-x-Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670407627249157371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-42905906146219576482010-08-20T13:46:09.357+01:002010-08-20T13:46:09.357+01:00This is a gem of a post, beautifully written and t...This is a gem of a post, beautifully written and thought-provoking. And to think that only a few months ago you were worried that your blogging had little point or reason... this post has made my day.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563878298811062442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-71981216065869132492010-08-20T12:37:11.605+01:002010-08-20T12:37:11.605+01:00Another beautiful post. Yes, we have trees like th...Another beautiful post. Yes, we have trees like that here (well one or two - most are much younger - but the one at Llanilid must be about the same age. In fact the yew for the bows used at Agincourt came from the yew plantations at Ewenny (the clue is in the name) not far from here. Ewenny Priory was painted by Turner, the watercolour is in the National Museum in Cardiff and until a few years ago the interior looked just as it did then. <br /><br />Still 4000 years is not really such a long time. At five generations to a hundred years, that's only 200 generations. Now most people can easily embrace five (from their grandparents to their own grandchildren)so that is only 40 families with such spans. You'd get them all in your garden on a summer's day. And apart from the clothes they would all be just like you or I.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-51832518289040829572010-08-20T11:53:08.924+01:002010-08-20T11:53:08.924+01:004000 years... I can't even imagine!
One of ou...4000 years... I can't even imagine! <br />One of our older trees in Crieff recently had to be cut down as it broke in half, and it was about 300 years old. Back in the days when this place was a drovers town. The highlanders would bring their cattle from the north and the lowlanders would buy them and take them down to their own lands. History is an amazing thing isn't it?Marylinhttp://softthistle.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-60730349605752262552010-08-20T11:18:48.055+01:002010-08-20T11:18:48.055+01:00You love all the things about your locale in the s...You love all the things about your locale in the same way as I love mine. I very much enjoyed this post (found via Cro's site)Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-91990547737263514572010-08-20T09:42:35.191+01:002010-08-20T09:42:35.191+01:00Lovely post and I so enjoyed the tour. Isn't...Lovely post and I so enjoyed the tour. Isn't there a meme there - wouldn't it be lovely if everyone did a post on 'where I live'?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-69860399650821747972010-08-20T09:27:48.829+01:002010-08-20T09:27:48.829+01:00I loved that picture of the little chap with his f...I loved that picture of the little chap with his feet in a bucket of leather to keep warm. Times have changed so much. Lovely post.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-3951349861661532002010-08-20T08:24:11.606+01:002010-08-20T08:24:11.606+01:00Love days and places like that - aren't we luc...Love days and places like that - aren't we lucky to live in such a layered land.<br /><br />CeliaCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-31270689348894828922010-08-20T06:36:27.337+01:002010-08-20T06:36:27.337+01:00You do live in a beautiful place! I've just b...You do live in a beautiful place! I've just been reading about the ancient yews in Mountainear's book about Marston - unbelievable. I blogged about a tree today too, but not one even a fraction as old as this one.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-86440753185639432102010-08-20T06:19:16.172+01:002010-08-20T06:19:16.172+01:00I meant for those who live there!I meant for those who live there!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-34863661603568316872010-08-20T06:18:11.591+01:002010-08-20T06:18:11.591+01:00People just don't know about Wales. It's n...People just don't know about Wales. It's not promoted enough; but maybe that's a good thing. Keep Wales for the Welsh!!!<br /><br />Yn cael diwrnod da, Cro.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-49055638270099113062010-08-20T00:11:31.132+01:002010-08-20T00:11:31.132+01:00I can see why you love where you live, it's be...I can see why you love where you live, it's beautiful and steeped in rich history. Sounds like a wonderful day!Leonorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701518822526054010noreply@blogger.com