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Robert Macfarlane

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Books: Is A River Alive? (WIP) Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways, etc. | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Nature, climate, people | Prof @Cambridge_uni

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2 months ago

It moves me to see these ribbons tied above the spring near my house; continuing a healing practice associated with sacred springs & holy wells for at least 500 years in these islands.

No coincidence that these springs are 500 yards from a major hospital.

Such clear water.

It moves me to see these ribbons tied above the spring near my house; continuing a healing practice associated with sacred springs & holy wells for at least 500 years in these islands. No coincidence that these springs are 500 yards from a major hospital. Such clear water.
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