Hope Bourne's Exmoor - Eloquence in Art she described the daily round

she described the daily round of a life lived close to nature and to the land

and many others in private hands

In beautifully measured terms

We have just finished planting 13000 trees at Bye Wood

Her work published in her lifetime invariably included some supporting line drawings – sharply memorable vignettes – and full-colour works for the covers of her books

Hope Bourne's Exmoor - Eloquence in Art she described the daily roundHope Bourne has been described as one of the finest writers about the British countryside in the twentieth century. Her prose delineated Exmoor, its character and its characters, at its finest. In beautifully measured terms, she described the daily round of a life lived close to nature and to the land. Her work published in her lifetime invariably included some supporting line drawings sharply memorable vignettes and full colour works for the covers