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| Farm in Great Shoddesden |
The visits to beautiful Great Shoddesden for my annual pilgrimage, a retreat to the country side are a pleasant distraction for me from the city
life. Since my last visit in September 2012 the country side surrounding my
place of stay had not changed at all and I guess the country side rarely show
any dramatic changes in its landscape over a short period of time. However this
time in
August I was pleased that
the barren farm land which
I could see from my bedroom window last
year
was
full of beautiful yellow fields ready for harvest. I got there just in time
with my camera for photos as the combine harvester was waiting in the wings to
do its job.
The county of Hampshire
is popular place where The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has their bases at place
like Andover
and Tidworth and great deal of army training is carried out in and around the
county. Tidworth, the town not very from Great Shoddesden has a small convenience
store run by the Nepalese for the Ghurkha people serving in the army.
Every time I visit this incredibly beautiful county with its thatched roof
cottages and ever green fields, I often feel out of place as I have never bumped into any one from ethic
background. My visits to Great Shoddesden always remind me that this green and
pleasant land is “for ever England”,
for the true blue English breed! I cannot see our Government, ever sending any
asylum seekers or the refugees to places around Hampshire. After my few days of
stay in Great Shoddesden, I am always pleased to be homeward bound; being “sent
to Coventry” is
in fact a joy for me to hear because I live in Coventry amongst people from different ethnic back grounds, recently large number of refugees and asylum seekers.
The scenic route from Great Shoddesden through Dorset to sea side resort of Poole
leads to the Island
of Brownsea, which is
managed by National Trust. The Brownsea
Island is rich in
wildlife and has been made famous by Lord Baden-Powell who started the scouts
and guides movement over a century ago and it has spread world wide. Driving back
from Poole via Sandbank away from busy sea side resort of Bournemouth was worth
the visit to the lovely little village
of Great Shoddesden.
P.S. I have brought
myself up date with writing my blog sooner then I thought I would and I have until April 2014 to complete what I
started, that is my fifty years in England, using travel theme and my
7000 photographs to help me write this blog. Though I am slowing down and enjoying
my life walking to the end of my garden ( take note those who think I am never at home) I have few more trips on mind and
hope I shall be able to make them to take me to the end of my blog period. I
will continue to write this blog at Xmas time, perhaps on Xmas day, that would
a novel way to avoid the festive day? So do look out for this space, for some more of my traveller's tale after the festive season is over!
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