There is indeed a "real" Cloud Farm and it looks right in terms of location.
One of these days I might be able to go there:
http://www.cloudfarmcamping.co.uk/
Saturday, 25 October 2014
More Oxus questions
For some reason this blog got confused with one about Dabinett Moon - OK she's a horse but nothing to do with Oxus. So I hope I have managed to unlink Dabinett Moon and that this is only Oxus posts.
It does though mean that a couple of recent posts have also got deleted so I am copy pasting them below.
Many thanks to "rallie raidr" "RR" (a rally rider maybe?) for your recent comments - you clearly know the books very well.
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On 18 Oct 2014, RR commented:
Have you been able to narrow down the specific geography of the books at all. I can see Dunkery and Porlock but do you have anymore specifics than that?
Blog owner (David) replied:
Good to hear from you - always glad to hear of someone who likes the books.
I suspect that part of the geography was imaginary - to tie in with the references to Persia and Sohrab and Rustrum.
However there is definitely a Cloud Farm in the area who have B&B facilities.
I even looked at an old railway map to see if there was an obvious Cabool station.
On the 19th Oct RR commented:
Remember the 30 mile bike ride from Taunton station in book 2?
Also the car ride near Dunkery Beacon (and it getting bogged)?
I agree on the imaginary aspect of the landscape but there appears to be a real knowledge of the area which makes me think there may have been a physical connection to the region by one or both girls.
It does though mean that a couple of recent posts have also got deleted so I am copy pasting them below.
Many thanks to "rallie raidr" "RR" (a rally rider maybe?) for your recent comments - you clearly know the books very well.
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On 18 Oct 2014, RR commented:
Have you been able to narrow down the specific geography of the books at all. I can see Dunkery and Porlock but do you have anymore specifics than that?
Blog owner (David) replied:
Good to hear from you - always glad to hear of someone who likes the books.
I suspect that part of the geography was imaginary - to tie in with the references to Persia and Sohrab and Rustrum.
However there is definitely a Cloud Farm in the area who have B&B facilities.
I even looked at an old railway map to see if there was an obvious Cabool station.
On the 19th Oct RR commented:
Remember the 30 mile bike ride from Taunton station in book 2?
Also the car ride near Dunkery Beacon (and it getting bogged)?
I agree on the imaginary aspect of the landscape but there appears to be a real knowledge of the area which makes me think there may have been a physical connection to the region by one or both girls.
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