Staunton Notebook – October 2021

‘’Desire lines,’ – never heard of them? Nor had I until we were planning the route of the Staunton Ridgeway nearly thirty years ago. Jacqueline and I lived at Melbourne then, and wanted to make a footpath which would connect to Staunton Harold. We had the farm...

Staunton Notebook – September 2021

In ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Shakespeare writes a play within a play. A motley crew of Athenian working men assemble to rehearse a play to be performed before the Duke of Athens on his wedding day. The play calls for one man to carry a sword, and they decide to...