tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3235117438081263418..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: A pocket full of caterpillarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4045105360356292042022-08-10T11:58:11.330+01:002022-08-10T11:58:11.330+01:00Ah Anne. Took me right back to my childhood - whic...Ah Anne. Took me right back to my childhood - which was a long time before yours - and that complete freedom. As long as we were back for tea no one minded where we were. Later, my bestie and I used to take our ponies out on the Berkshire Downs and ride for miles. We always made it home.Rosemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-63639259979389337682022-08-09T18:52:28.012+01:002022-08-09T18:52:28.012+01:00As we enjoy a summer holiday at this moment (bbq s...As we enjoy a summer holiday at this moment (bbq sizzling away), my wife happens to be reading a book about this very concept: it's called British Summertime Begins, and is about the phenomenon of the long summer holiday and how it has shaped our national psyche then and now.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64160655770936676172022-08-09T10:35:20.378+01:002022-08-09T10:35:20.378+01:00Fascinating post. Perhaps children will be even mo...Fascinating post. Perhaps children will be even more receptive to tales of adventure after the two years we've just had (and those possibly yet to come). And need them even more.Nick Garlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148555462561533966noreply@blogger.com