Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 16 August 2024
All the best things are double-baked—in this case, built and built again. Many of the stones that have held up the walls for over 1,300 years were tooled and carved by the hands of Romans.
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⟁ Member's Supplement: The Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Deeper dives into place and people for Members Only
📍Loci: The Crafty Crow
Refined Reflections: The Best of Genius Loci
📍Loci: The Rook Elevator
Refined Reflections: The Best of Genius Loci
Nature's Calendar: The British Year in 72 Seasons
Instantly, I'm transformed by a few lines that offer hope in the darkest days
☀️ Eustace Collection: The Sycamore Gap
The tree spoke of continuity and formed a shelter against the fickleness of the present. It told me that, in spite of the extremes of our current age, there are places in our natural and historic environment that are telling.
A Year in the Life: 2 April 2022.
We sit beside the porch and take in the churchyard. Whilst we rest, billows of dust plume out of the porch entrance. The dust-busters are in.
The Ancient Yew - Visitors Guide
The Ancient Yew - Visitors Guide
Be there: Spurn Point, Yorkshire in glorious VR
Being caught between two stretches of water gives a giddy sense of scale and proportion.