tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483142948371618504.post8398356342258366667..comments2024-03-23T14:14:18.741+00:00Comments on Birding with Flowers: A Weekend in Tolkien's StaffordshireMichael Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04232181049621677899noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483142948371618504.post-90354946289628921672016-07-13T12:55:39.777+01:002016-07-13T12:55:39.777+01:00Thanks for the excellent account - you really capt...Thanks for the excellent account - you really captured the visit and we enjoyed remembering it! A couple of comments:<br /> The third waterway at Essex Bridge is a second arm of the Sow which was diverted through Shugborough for landscaping reasons by the Ansons.<br /><br />The link with Tixall Gatehouse is St Johns RC Church, Great Haywood. This was originally behind and to the left of the Gatehouse until about 1844, following the Clifford-Constable's move to East Yorkshire (Burton Constable). Tolkien worshipped in the church and then also moved to C-C land in East Yorkshire.<br />Had Thomas Aston C-C not been obliged to sell Tixall Estate, Tolkien might have chosen to base himself there instead of GH (?).<br /><br />Hope meet again soon, Alan & AnnetteThe BGWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544388797773168509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483142948371618504.post-22746310592764506782016-07-12T19:48:50.291+01:002016-07-12T19:48:50.291+01:00Thank you for your kind remarksThank you for your kind remarksMichael Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232181049621677899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483142948371618504.post-42466853954610568242016-07-12T19:39:16.517+01:002016-07-12T19:39:16.517+01:00Excellent post - I really felt I was there with yo...Excellent post - I really felt I was there with you all.<br /><br />Freyalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911845535682123517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483142948371618504.post-81141390543932658762016-07-12T14:02:52.179+01:002016-07-12T14:02:52.179+01:00Really enjoyed re-living the tour day, and so plea...Really enjoyed re-living the tour day, and so pleased to hear you got to visit the Ents, and the Brook of Glass on Sunday<br />Maggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483142948371618504.post-15668634046819254462016-07-12T10:37:21.911+01:002016-07-12T10:37:21.911+01:00I love the way that you have interwoven your love ...I love the way that you have interwoven your love and knowledge of Tolkien with your love and knowledge of wildlife here. Your ability to see birds and recognise birdsong amazed us and added something extra to our tour. I am so glad that you enjoyed your visit; we certainly enjoyed your company. It was an amazing weekend which will be difficult to repeat. You must come to Staffordshire again to explore some of the roots of Middle-earth as well as the wildlife of Cannock Chase. And we must come to Holderness to complete our picture of Tolkien's life during the Great War. David Robbie.David Robbienoreply@blogger.com