And Now It's Raining

[poliphilo]

After a day of unseasonal heat, a heavy downpour. This weather is positively tropical.

I was up on Oldham Edge the other day and admiring the rowan berries. I read or heard the other day that the rowan- which is one of Northern England's signature trees- may be unable to cope with the change in our climate.

O the oak, and the ash, and the bonny rowan tree  Do flourish at home in the North Countrie

But not for much longer, perhaps...

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's right. Fen is swampland. The low-lying country of East Anglia- which is now drained for farming- is known collectively as The Fens.

Water meadows are a little different I think. They're the fields bordering a river which are liable to flooding. That's my understanding, anyway. You can keep cows in a water-meadow, but you wouldn't want to keep them in a fen.