tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6000384456886137130..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: 'There is a willow grows aslant a brook...' by Sue PurkissUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86534918947149804092012-05-29T13:55:42.341+01:002012-05-29T13:55:42.341+01:00I don't know why Norfolk doesn't have them...I don't know why Norfolk doesn't have them, Paeony. Does it have a willow industry that makes other things? I'd never heard of it here till the Willow Man appeared in 2000, and then suddenly there were willow weavers leaping out from behind every tree!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50625181331029223072012-05-29T13:21:16.632+01:002012-05-29T13:21:16.632+01:00Interesting, Sue. With so many willows, I wonder w...Interesting, Sue. With so many willows, I wonder why Norfolk doesn't have willow sculptures? <br />I've always had a thing for willows that began with 'Andy Pandy and the Willow Tree' - I adored their picnic beneath the green shroud of the willow tree and the images have always stayed with me (more so than Andy Pandy!).Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49478741566857271942012-05-28T19:06:52.443+01:002012-05-28T19:06:52.443+01:00Love this post, Sue. And it's very personal to...Love this post, Sue. And it's very personal to us, because our daughter/son-in-law/grandchildren live in Cornwall, so we trog up and down the M5 quite a lot, and always look out for the dinosaur and the camels.Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-34798924269868049972012-05-28T16:35:43.343+01:002012-05-28T16:35:43.343+01:00It's a great place, isn't it Moira? Not ve...It's a great place, isn't it Moira? Not very big, but it's got everything - streams to be forded, a gorge to be climbed, caves to be explored, a fantastic viewing platform and an interesting history - I found out recently it was used as secret base during the war for a unit that would have been activated if the Germans had invaded.<br /><br />Thanks, everyone!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69399556142861036132012-05-28T16:30:17.303+01:002012-05-28T16:30:17.303+01:00Willows rock! Thanks for posting!Willows rock! Thanks for posting!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32625836734422397072012-05-28T14:07:14.322+01:002012-05-28T14:07:14.322+01:00Ebor Gorge is one of my favourite spots on the pla...Ebor Gorge is one of my favourite spots on the planet. Wish I'd seen the bear!Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67559055896564668112012-05-28T13:40:27.290+01:002012-05-28T13:40:27.290+01:00And if you're in mid-Wales, there's the lo...And if you're in mid-Wales, there's the lovely Willow Globe theatre, an open air theatre surrounded by a ring of growing willow trees ; if it's ever warm enough for open air shows, they put on Shakespeare plays.frances thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717833251829537628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39433519850184776552012-05-28T12:17:47.782+01:002012-05-28T12:17:47.782+01:00Enjoyed hearing more about the Somerset willows - ...Enjoyed hearing more about the Somerset willows - and the Levels. Willow sculptures are wonderful when they fit the place. The wands often let enough light through to make it seem as if the animal has been sketched across the sky.<br /><br />Recall your earlier post about the free-standing Willow Man eventually trapped among those dreadful box buildings so a pleasure to read more about this art - or craft?Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15876109480101632762012-05-28T11:43:31.147+01:002012-05-28T11:43:31.147+01:00I've often driven past the Willow man but neve...I've often driven past the Willow man but never visited the centre! You learn somthing new every day, don't you?Writer Pat Newcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678017709861817691noreply@blogger.com