The idea of a timeless British countryside can often be seen as an over used cliché, something that never really was and only exists in our collective imaginations, although walking in the hills above the Chalke Valley it's hard not to be drawn into the idea of just such a thing. Nostalgia's funny, described as 'a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past', in many cases for a period we never experienced first hand and only see positively through rose coloured glasses. I think as our society fractures, our systems continue to decay and we find ourselves in times of social upheaval with the threat of chaos, our desire for the stability of a perceived 'better time' becomes ever stronger.
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