This one’s been a long time in the writing & means a great deal to me – tracing my family history from our early shepherding roots living alongside the poet John Clare, through 1920s urban Manchester & into the present day. My thanks to Little Toller’s ‘The Clearing’ for the opportunity to share the story with readers…
Nic Wilson 
This is wonderful Nic. So beautifully written. My father’s family were drovers way back. He did masses of research which I think my sister, Laura, has somewhere. I was always a bit disparaging of this family history but reading this wonderful essay has made me want to revisit my history. I always credit my Dad for my passion for gardening. I wish was able to tell him again that that is so. Tessa xx
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Oh Tessa, thank you. That’s so lovely that you have all that family history research. I think drovers must have had hard, but really interesting lives. I bet your Dad would have been so proud of all the gardening inspiration you’ve given people, including me, over the years. xxx
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This is absolutely wonderful. It provided the exact pause that I needed this morning. I am saving it to read again and again. It also inspired me to send a friend a poem. Thank you!
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Oh my goodness – what a lovely thing to read! So glad you liked it and thank you for getting back to me! 🙂
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Of course! I love how you write. Also, the history! I want to trace some of my family history, but I have no idea where to begin. Very admirable work.
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Thank you! I’d just say get down what you can and see where it goes…:)
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Would you mind if I reshare this post to my own blog? I have next to no readers, but I am wanting to collect pieces that I enjoy.
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Please do, that would be lovely!
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