The theme for summer 2010 has been inspired by the hedgerow, with it's brambles, climbing honeysuckle, wild flowers, bees, insects and birds... from Dorset and Devon to Hampshire and Hastings..... on rambles in the countryside.
This extract from the Irish writer John McGahern's 'Memoirs' recaptures his memory of the hedgerow.
'These hedges are full of
mice and insects and small birds, and sparrowhawks can be seen hunting all
through the day. In their branches the
wild woodbine and dog rose give off a deep fragrance in summer evenings, and on
their banks grow the foxglove, the wild strawberry, primrose and fern and
vetch, among the crawling briars'.
