The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of culture, a manifesto of man’s determination to use the resources of nature to refresh mind and body and enjoy to the full the senses with which he has been endowed.”
– David Daiches, Scotch Whisky 1969
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, – Robert Frost, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’
I spent a lot of time on Hadrian’s Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30ft-high stone wall to keep it out? – Neil Marshall
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Henry: [hides in a tunnel] The rain will spoil my lovely green paint and red stripes – Thomas and Friends
A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories. – Andy Goldsworthy
I doe more and more fall in Love with the contentments and innocent Pleasures of Countrey Life. – Lady Anne Clifford, Diary, 1652
“That’s it! Cheese! We’ll go somewhere where there’s cheese!” Wallace, A Grand Day Out (1989)
I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing […] wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears. – James Herriot
I won’t know for sure if Malhamdale is the finest place there is until I have died and seen heaven (assuming they let me at least have a glance), but until that day comes, it will certainly do. – Bill Bryson
“Never thee stop believin’ in th’ Big Good Thing an’ knowin’ th’ world’s full of it – and call it what tha’ likes.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
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