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South Downs: England's Mountains Green
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Not Andy Naylor
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He momentarily lost me when he seemed to suggest that the Weald was the Thames Valley ....
Westdene Wonder
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Thoroughly enjoyed the show however agree that at times it was not clear for a while exactly where he was particularly when he mentioned the Weald.
Highest point of South Downs is 890ft, mountains generally start at 2,000. I'm a bit old for half term!
Hillian1
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yeah me too
when he saw belle tout,probably fancied a bit of Patrica Hodge
That's gone over my head, Patrica Hodge?
Fine I'll do the work for you.
The title isn't literal, it's a reference to the line 'and did those feet in ancient times walk along England's mountains green', from Jerusalem.
Jerusalem was written by local lad William Blake, and thought to be inspired by The South Downs, hence the title.
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
I see Funtington and Cocking on the map in the link. Crazy names, crazy county. When I live in Canada we occasionally drove through Spuzzum. Do other language/cultures have town names that sound bonkers, even in their own language?
I often cycle through the sleepy village of Compton, also on that map.
It's hard not to let my mind wander to a parallel universe, where the allotment association is run by Ice-Cube and Easy-E's tea rooms do a steady trade.
Well he was wrong then. He should have said hills green.
Never watched that, not surprised I was confused
It's brilliant. Based in Belle Tout before it was moved inland and now it's on the cliff edge again.
This is clearly for you:-
NFL Player or Dorset village
http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/_/quizzes/quizzes/view/59
Cheers - will check it out later - dinner now, and the defenestration of Leicester on the box
Not sure how I didn't know about that programme, must admit I didn't stay in watching tv very much in the 80s though.
Megazone
On his last warning
Is anyone else not getting this on bbc4?
BBC4 is showing some drama set in Africa? Unless the downs has had a massive cultural and climate change. Then when does this programme actually begin?
BBC4 is showing some drama set in Africa? Unless the downs has had a massive cultural and climate change. Then when does this programme actually begin?
Yesterday evening.
Same here. It was repeated a couple of years back though. Even Dennis Waterman is good and didn't get to write the theme tune.
I'm still shocked by [MENTION=1200]Harry Wilson's tackle[/MENTION] using the word defenestration before dinner. A great word that I have never come across before and can't wait to use in the pub.