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W H Davies, supertramp and poet travelled across England and the United States. He is perhaps better known for the lines ” what is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare…” but I thought these other words of his were very suitable for May Day . I was brought up in one of the most wooded parts of England (the Chiltern Hills) and much of my childhood was spentnat roaming alone in the woods. As I grew older I learnt that if I sat quietly the wild creatures would come out of hiding and share their lives with me. Magic moments, never forgotten. “I will spend the livelong day with Nature in this month of May; And sit beneath the trees, and share my bread with birds whose home are there…” W H Davies, 1905
