Farningham, Kent (UK) — my nearest village
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Gascony, a region of South West France which was once ruled by the English under the Plantagenet kings.
Hwaseong Fortress, a fortification enclosing much of central Suwon (which is not too far away from Seoul). It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site and was built from 1794 to 1796 by King Jeongjo of the Joseon dynasty.
(I've never been there, but I hope to visit the site someday!)
~Wunder
"The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts." ~ C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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Irvingbank, Queensland, which was part of a rail system built in the Atherton Tablelands there, at first for tin mining. Someone called Ion Idriess wrote a book about it, called The tin miners.
Jakarta, Indonesia.
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
–C.S. Lewis
Kaitaia, a town in the far north of New Zealand (at the foot of that narrow northernmost strip).
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Llandilo, New South Wales.
Mooloolaba, Queensland.
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
New Plymouth, a NZ town
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Osceola, Wisconsin
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Pembroke (Or Pembrokshire?), Wales
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
–C.S. Lewis
Quintrell Downs, Cornwall
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Saskatchewan, Canada
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Taree, New South Wales, where the worst of the bushfires have been.