visiting Thomas Hardy's birthplace

The path to this cottage in Higher Bockhampton where Hardy was born winds up and down and around corners for about half a mile through the woods.

Here Hardy wrote 'Far from the Madding Crowd' - not to know how famous it would become.

I liked the dog kennel outside the front door!

[Babs]

What a fabulous home. Beautiful shot.

[Bep]

Wonderful cottage. I read his book long ago. Enjoyed it.

[Rosie Kind]

gosh this is lovely and looks like something from a fairy tale - Fav

[gloria jones]

Super shot, composition...love the lush green and house tones, textures

[mittens (Marilyn)]

What a beautiful looking place. Wonderful shot, Hazel.

[Rosie Kerr]

This looks like a magical house, like one stepped back in time. What a great roof!

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

What a beautiful cottage in such a serine place, it's a pity that the scaffolding was there but I expect maintenance is always needed.

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely capture and history

[Graham Thresher]

A wonderful capture.

[Rosan]

Looks like a neat place to visit! Beautiful capture.

[Hazel]

@ladymagpie

I agree about the scaffolding and thought about cloning it out but when I looked at the size of the task, I decided not to bother!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful capture of this lovely house and place.

[Pat Knowles]

Fantastic Hazel....a beautiful place & glad they are keeping it in good order....I loved the film of that book which I saw recently. Fave.

[Hazel]

@happypat

Thanks for fav. Yes, we must get to see the film.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Wow, lovely cottage!

[Penelope Ann]

Lovely scene

[Phil Howcroft]

nice shot hazel , i might have cropped the shot do that the tree is missing as it catches the eye and i want to look around it

[Denise Wood]

I love the whole setting Hazel :) Fav

[Pam]

Nice cottage!

[Milanie]

What a terrific shot - you were able to get the whole scene in so well. Looks like a fascinating place.

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[mervyn hobbs]

This is a lovely place.

[Hazel]

@phil_howcroft

Understand what you say and the shot is cropped a bit on that side which caused me to lose some of the ivy covered wall in the foreground - didn't want to lose it all - or make the shot a funny shape!

[Margo]

What a lovely cottage

[Jules Sparrow]

This is a lovely picture, and Far from the Madding Crowd is on at our cinema! And I read it for O Level blar blar blar years ago!

[Susie]

Fabulous, I hope to be living near there in the not too distant future

[Karin Hirsch]

Lovely shot I to disagree to @phil_howcroft I think the tree is great there gives the photo more depth.

[Nicole]

a lovely shot of the house!

[Richard Creese]

Great shot, the scaffold at the back made me smile :-)

[wendy frost]

Lovely shot look a a great place to be.

[Susan C Clow]

What a beautiful cottage type home and looks quite large. FAV