You are invited to our
Spring Day
on
Saturday 12 March 2016
Programme
10.30 am
Walk led by Anna Stenning, from Crowfield Farm, Dymock
Anna will lead a spring-themed walk exploring the Dymock countryside around
Poets Path 1. This gentle walk of about four miles will make the most of the
seasonal features. There will be some stiles. If you need transport to the starting
point please let us know when booking.
In the Burgage Hall, Ledbury
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
A sandwich buffet lunch will be provided. Please order your lunch when booking
your tickets so that we know how many people we are catering for. Also, please
let us know, when booking, if you have any special dietary needs.
During lunch and throughout the afternoon, a book stall by Ledbury Books and
Maps will be available.
14.00
Talk by James R Kelly:
‘Some grace of argument…’ Drinkwater, Dymock and Drama
15.00 pm
Talk by Robert Moreland:
That now forgotten genius, John W Haines
4.00 pm
4.15 pm
Tea
Concluding remarks and feedback on the day
4.30 pm
Finish – the book stall will be open until 5.00 pm
5.00 pm
Close
See page 1 of the newsletter for details of the speakers and of the talks, and for ticket prices.
Please use the booking form and send it to Clare Church no later than Friday 5 March 2016.
See maps overleaf for directions to Crowfield Farm and to the Burgage Hall.
Robert Frost’s granddaughter, who has been an FDP member for twenty years, has just published a book about her grandfather
which Linda Hart will review in the summer issue of the newsletter. The publisher has kindly donated a copy of the book,
which we can raffle to raise funds for the FDP. The raffle will take place at this meeting. Linda Hart has provided the following
information:
You Come Too: My Journey with Robert Frost, by Lesley Lee Francis, is part memoir, part autobiography, part biography,
part travelogue, part anthology, part literary criticism, part women’s studies. All these genres are used to give the reader an
insider’s view of Robert Frost the father and grandfather, as well as the poet, and the many women in his life (Susan Hayes
Ward, editor, Amy Lowell, poet, Harriet Monroe, editor, and of course his wife Elinor) who were crucial to his development
as a poet. There are poems throughout the book – not only Frost’s but those by Lesley, by her mother (Frost’s daughter) and
other family members. The longest sections and the most detail is about her mother whose life was full of challenging ventures
and exciting adventures.
You Come Too is published by the University of Virginia Press, in hardback, 252 pages, with 40 illustrations (several of them
never before published), at a recommended retail price of £32.50.
FDP Spring Day: Saturday 12 March 2016
B4216 to Ledbury and M50
junction 2 (via A417)
How to get to Crowfield Farm
From Dymock: leave Dymock on the B4215 for Newent.
After 450 yards from the Beauchamp Arms, take left turn
(signposted Ryton, Ketford). After 350 yards turn right into
Crowfield Lane. Crowfield Farm is at the end of Crowfield
Lane – approx. 800 yards.
From Newent: Approach Dymock on the B4215. About
three-quarters of a mile after crossing the motorway, and
just after passing the 40mph sign approaching Dymock,
turn right (signposted Ryton, Ketford), After 350 yards turn
right into Crowfield Lane. Crowfield Farm is at the end of
Crowfield Lane – approx. 800 yards.
If you have problems getting to Crowfield Farm please call
Richard Simkin on 07771 756398.
Long-stay car parks
B4215 to Newent and
Gloucester via A40
Crowfield Farm
Burgage Hall,
Church Lane
The Burgage Hall is in Church Lane, about 100
yards from the Market House.
If you drive to Ledbury, there is a short-stay car in Bye Street
and long-stay car parks in Bridge Street, Lawnside Road and
St Katherines (off Bye street). For more information, please
search for Ledbury Car Parks on the internet.
By public transport, Stagecoach service 132 runs from
Gloucester Bus station to Tesco’s in Ledbury (about half a
mile from the Burgage Hall).
Buses leave Gloucester at 8.00, 10.00 and 12.00 and take
57 minutes to reach Ledbury. On return, a bus leaves Tesco’s
at 4.59 pm and arrives in Gloucester at 6.04pm.
Please check bus times before travelling.
The primary route by rail to Ledbury is from Birmingham
New Street.
For those going on the walk, the 8.49 from Birmingham
arrives at Ledbury at 9.57 where, by arrangement, transport
will be available to Crowfield farm in time for the start of the
walk, and transport afterwards to the Burgage Hall.
For those not going on the walk, the 10.49 from
Birmingham arrives at 11.57 at Ledbury and the 11.49 arrives
at 12.57.
After the talks there is a train from Ledbury at 4.58 pm,
which arrives at Birmingham at 6.09 pm.
People travelling to Birmingham from elsewhere will find
a variety of trains, but they should allow adequate time to
change at the reconfigured Birmingham New Street with new
longer walkways between platforms. Please check the above
train times before travelling.