Tag: Devon

• The Gipsy in the Parlour

  In the heat of a spacious August noon, in the great summer of 1870, the three famous Sylvester women waited in their parlour to receive and make welcome the fourth.  The three famous Sylvester women – Charlotte, Grace and Rachel – are sisters-in-law who married (and tamed) three of the wild Sylvester brothers. They are…

  chrisharding53

  May 12, 2015

  Devon, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mid-20th century women’s fiction, Reading England 2015, The Gipsy in the Parlour

• Taking a Wrong Turning

  The long and winding road… it was the firsttime we had ever seen grass growing in themiddle of the road! Today’s Saturday Snapshot is a kind of follow-up on last week’s, because on the way back from Bigbury Beach and Burgh Island we took a wrong turning, and instead of driving along the’A’ road we wanted,…

  chrisharding53

  September 8, 2012

  Devon, Discworld, green lane, hollow way, SatNav, sunken lane, wrong turning

• Literary Landscapes and Broken Computers

  September is here, and I am all behind-hand with everything, and my posts have been a little erratic – but the past few weeks seem to have been a permanent holiday, and we have had a wonderful time. First we took a trip to Cumbria, where I did lots of reading, but internet connections were…

  chrisharding53

  September 4, 2012

  computers, Cumbria, Devon, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, literary tour

• An Island Fit For a Crime Queen

  Burgh Island Hotel inspired one of Agatha Christie’s mostfamous crime mysteries This wonderful art deco hotel is on Burgh Island, in Devon, and was the setting for two novels by crime queen Agatha Christie, who lived in Devon and stayed at the hotel on occasions. We admired the building, which looks a bit like a…

  chrisharding53

  September 1, 2012

  Agatha Christie, Bigbury-on-Sea, Burgh Island, Burgh Island Hotel, Devon, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Saturday Snapshot