tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post514516315757999528..comments2024-03-26T06:45:32.717+00:00Comments on Circle of the Year: Hambledon HillRowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-75159969998541957592009-07-22T03:57:09.746+01:002009-07-22T03:57:09.746+01:00I love all your photos, but those (from the web) o...I love all your photos, but those (from the web) of the blue butterflies and yellow flowers took my breath away! I'm sorry you didn't happen to see those stunning creatures!Lila Rostenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-59205091418905122992009-07-16T19:05:35.097+01:002009-07-16T19:05:35.097+01:00What a lovely walk with you. The hill that I live...What a lovely walk with you. The hill that I live on, Queen Anne Hill, is just a bit shorter than the one you did. And, it's best to traverse the edges to reach the top although my teenage son likes to run straight up.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044667449525289901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-65690306547711667872009-07-12T00:03:34.629+01:002009-07-12T00:03:34.629+01:00A very interesting post about the Iron Age hill fo...A very interesting post about the Iron Age hill forts. You said the ancients must have been very strong physically and mentally. You must be also - to do all that walking. <br /><br />Thanks also for showing us your beautiful English wildflowers. And the cows - funny!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693598787241469220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-65581572975858332162009-07-10T03:30:37.492+01:002009-07-10T03:30:37.492+01:00Wonderful post, full of information, history--and ...Wonderful post, full of information, history--and cattle! I enjoyed the wildflower photos, Rowan; thank you!Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-79652203063901117782009-07-09T18:53:57.689+01:002009-07-09T18:53:57.689+01:00Lovely pictures, I love all the wildflowers. The l...Lovely pictures, I love all the wildflowers. The landscapes are so beautiful. I love those cows too ; )<br />Have a fantastic day !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-77940966067631970672009-07-06T13:26:53.492+01:002009-07-06T13:26:53.492+01:00Hello Rowan,
A wealth of history once again. Whil...Hello Rowan,<br /><br />A wealth of history once again. While these hill forts are impressive seen from afar, so that one can appreciate the scale, I've never really had any great enthusiasm to walk up them! The effort of creating them though is something to be admired. Thanks for all the flora info too.<br /><br />Despite Roy's reassuring words, I'd always be a little wary of cattle, not being a country boy!<br /><br />Finally, I'm now noticing a problem when I visit your and one other blog that has this playlist. The licensing regulations no longer allow us to hear it in UK, which seems to make my screen freeze! I wonder if anyone else suffers?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-61686822299443088992009-07-06T07:44:48.523+01:002009-07-06T07:44:48.523+01:00Lovely photos - I've yet to get to Hambledon H...Lovely photos - I've yet to get to Hambledon Hill, but beenr oudn and about it many many times! Lovely flower photos, thanks for sharing.<br /><br />MrsL<br /><br />xxMrsLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813732948803001084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-69805242567952155392009-07-06T00:02:40.914+01:002009-07-06T00:02:40.914+01:00Super post Rowan. So interesting. Thank you.
(PS ...Super post Rowan. So interesting. Thank you.<br />(PS I don't trust white cows (Charolais?)- after being charged by one when I was little. Minding my own business crossing a field - the Friesians and Herefords took no notice of me, but I heard galloping feet behind me, just in time I turned and waved my arms in its face and diverted it!)Lynda (Granny K)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00769451312708886145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-75557248524697147462009-07-05T19:33:36.979+01:002009-07-05T19:33:36.979+01:00Great scenes Rowan, Your right about the Milkworts...Great scenes Rowan, Your right about the Milkworts and the Vetch and it is a Yellow Rattle.<br />Cows (Well steers actually {:) ) get a bad press. They would be OK with you as long as you don't have a dog with you.<br />Everyone that are not familiar with cattle appear to be under the impression that they are dangerous in some way. In their genes cows/steers/bulls have the instinct handed down from their forefathers about wolves being a threat and rightly so. All dogs are descended from wolves and therefore appear as a threat. So when in some number, cattle will attack the threat and if the dog handler gets in the way then he/she gets injured unfortunately.<br />Some bulls can be a problem on their own, oddly enough the main threat would come from an otherwise insignificant little Channel Island bull. Small that they are, they are not to be trusted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-31829500741064676962009-07-05T12:54:23.924+01:002009-07-05T12:54:23.924+01:00oh rowan, my old 'stamping ground' how won...oh rowan, my old 'stamping ground' how wonderful to see it again! that has really made my day! we lived in the shadow of bulbarrow hill which had a hill fort and a medieval trackway and just beyond was hod hill! i have never missed living there quite so much as when i read this post and saw your photos. thank you so muchlaoi gaul~williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461210264595425112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-88546612953374575432009-07-05T11:30:55.947+01:002009-07-05T11:30:55.947+01:00Hambledon Hill looks wonderful - so atmospheric - ...Hambledon Hill looks wonderful - so atmospheric - it looks as though when you get up there you can breathe the history of the place in the air - and to see a red kite too - must have been magical. Your posts are always so informative and I've thoroughly enjoyed this one:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-64836554580664836462009-07-05T02:51:45.152+01:002009-07-05T02:51:45.152+01:00I'm wondering how I missed this earlier in the...I'm wondering how I missed this earlier in the week. I enjoy both history and nature--plenty of each in this post. Cattle are so nosey. You telling them to "halt" immediately makes me thing of "Out of Africa" with Isak Dineson flapping her hands and shouting, "Shoo!"Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-27290725404364971432009-07-04T21:41:08.163+01:002009-07-04T21:41:08.163+01:00Cloeser inspection shows that you are quite right ...Cloeser inspection shows that you are quite right PG - text now edited to the correct gender:)Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-19900571517813913922009-07-04T21:01:08.759+01:002009-07-04T21:01:08.759+01:00What an amazing variety of flowers - so sad that t...What an amazing variety of flowers - so sad that they are not more widespread. What a wonderful place, another one to mark down for visiting. <br /><br />(I think your 'girls' are 'boys' though, looking at their underbellies...)Gretelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.com