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HERBACEOUS
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Like everybody else,
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Herbaceous headed off on
his holidays in August...
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Once
the bags were haunts of south
packed, he east London.
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called at Pippenhall allotments to But as well as
ensure the plot would survive in the differences,
his absence. there were of the vegetables he’d identifi ed
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Before long, he was in his car plenty of similarities with SE9 as possible show-winners and a
going southwards down the A20 and his beloved Pleasaunce; a huge range of tasks which had
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hoping to learn about diff erent serious history dating back to built up since he’d been away.
people and cultures. In particular the 13th century; the remains So before even returning
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Herbs always packs a copious of a moated manor house long home, he’d called in back at
supply of wildlife and plant books gone, a more recent house also Pippenhall then on to his usual 21
to broaden his rather parochial pulled down and its conversion corner at the ever-more crowded
knowledge of natural history. to a public park. Park Tavern, regaling his long-
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On arrival at his destination, What with the fascination suff ering cronies with traveller’s
he was quickly in his stride of this new landscape and the tales of the size and colours of the
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identifying all the diff erent species people he met, Herbaceous’ wildlife he’d observed (which his
he could observe, from the holiday fl ew by in the blinking of cronies knew well to divide by at
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colourful pheasant croaking in the an eye. It seemed only a couple of least threefold).
undergrowth to the sparrow-sized hours later he was packing up his After droning all the way
wheatear, birds not to be seen car again to return home. through to closing time one was
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on his normal beat. The butterfl y Of course, making the return heard to mutter to the other – “if
species identifi ed, from the Essex journey back down the Sidcup by- this is what he’s like when he’s
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skipper to the small tortoishell, pass, his anticipation grew about been to Scadbury Park for the
showed that he was in more the inevitable changes he’d fi nd afternoon, heaven help us if he 33
exotic terrain compared to the on the allotment. The progress ever went abroad”.
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