Looking across Romney Marsh

[poliphilo]

From St Stephen's churchyard, Lympne

The large building just visible on the far side of the bay is the power station at Dungeness.

Comments

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Lovely pic.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Lovely, moody, evocative. But why do they call it a marsh? It looks like fields to me.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It's a low-lying area which used to be marsh but was then drained for agriculture. Back in the 18th century it was famous- or notorious- for smuggling.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite childhood movies was The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Patrick McGoohan played the scarecrow.

I wish I could find the DVD of that movie.

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

James Herriot wrote about transporting Romney Marsh sheep to Russia in one of his books.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a scary film- at least I found it scary when I was a kid.

It's based on a series of books by Russell Thorndike- which are similarly hard to get hold of.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

And why not.

I imagine the Romney Marsh sheep are a hardy breed.