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Egdon Heath, Thorncombe Woods / Puddletown Forest, Dorset
"The untameable, Ishmaelitish thing that Egdon now was it had always been. Civilization was its enemy: and ever since the beginning of vegetation its soil had worn the same antique brown dress, the natural and invariable garment of the particular formation. . . . The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim." From 'Return of the Native" Thomas Hardy
Rushy Pond DSC_3677
Egdon Heath, Thorncombe Woods / Puddletown Forest, Dorset
"The untameable, Ishmaelitish thing that Egdon now was it had always been. Civilization was its enemy: and ever since the beginning of vegetation its soil had worn the same antique brown dress, the natural and invariable garment of the particular formation. . . . The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim." From 'Return of the Native" Thomas Hardy