Date: 2013-06-29 09:46 pm (UTC)
I think I might have told you this before, but we live really close to Barnt Green!! It's about a 20-25 minute drive away. And my brother-in-law and his wife actually live there. We recently had a meal with them at the Rose & Crown Inn which I'm almost certain is very close to the cottage in question. It's only very recently that I found out about the existence of that cottage - there was an article in the newspaper about it which I'd intended to keep but sadly somehow got mislaid.

>>Tolkien must have been feeling very content and high-hearted during his stay in Worchestershire, both because of the high summer beauty all around him and because he was engaged to Edith at last.<<

There is something so poignant about that when you consider the year - 1913. Little did he know what lay in store for him - and the rest of the world.

Many thanks to you both, Mechtild and Jan, for another interesting post and beautiful poem:)
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