'On the ridge between Hare Warren Down and Watership Down, Doctor Adams stopped the car. 'I should think this would be as good as anywhere,' he said.'There's not a lot of harm he can do here, if you come to think about it.' They walked a short distance eastwards from the road and Lucy set the rabbit down. It sat stupefied for nearly half a minute and then suddenly dashed away over the grass.' |
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Is the rabbit above something like Hazel? Well, no, it's our London friend whom we met back at Cowslip's warren. | ||
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| This is the view of the beech hanger from about where Lucy set Hazel down on the grass. The hanger stretches to the right for about twice as far as we can see here. Just behind you the footpath to Caesar's Belt and the Belt Warren (named Vleflain in 'Tales from Watership Down') turns southward and down the dip slope of Watership Down. Another path leads back to the road that climbs to the summit of the dip between Watership and Hare Warren. It is there that Dr Adams left his car and it is there that I parked my car some ten years later. It's now blocked off and access to Watership Down is from White Hill, to the east. The view from the dip is however really beautiful and well worth seeing. Of course, I could just bring the view to you.... |
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Richard Adams' father was a country doctor just
like Dr Adams. This is not surprising, Dr Adams was an 'affectionate portrait'
of Richard's father. I somehow cannot get the idea that the car was a dark
green Morris Minor out of my head. There is absolutely no evidence to support
this but that doesn't help me much!
Here is that view from Hare Warren Down I promised you. The houses by the road may be mentioned in 'Tales From Watership Down'. |
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his fleas live there!
