Morden Hall Park

"These people have learned not from books, but in the fields, in the wood, on the river bank. Their teachers have been the birds themselves, when they sang to them, the sun when it left a glow of crimson behind it at setting, the very trees, and wild herbs."

―Anton Chekhov, "A Day in the Country"

Seven Sisters Cliffs and Country Park– East Sussex, England

Startlingly picturesque, the cliffs are known as the “Seven Sisters” due to the seven distinct hilltops that comprise the silhouette of the cliffs. The bright white color of the stone is thanks to the abundance of chalk that makes up most of the cliff face. The features were created in prehistoric times when the land was submerged and seawater pushed the softer chalk to the surface and as the waters lowered, exposed the cliffs. Now as the sea pounds the base of the cliffs each day, erosion is slowly taking the chalk back as large chunks of the cliffs wall back into the water. 

Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less.

— Crystal Woods,

Keep close to Nature’s heart… Reigate Hill

Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. 

Wash your spirit clean.” (John Muir)

Relax in Reigate Hill

“Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. 

Then you will see how low it was.” (Dag Hammarskjold)

St John's College -Cambridge

St John's College was founded in 1511 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. The second largest of the constituent Colleges of the University of Cambridge, it has about 135 Fellows, 530 undergraduates and 300 graduate students.