Product Description
Drawing from the small print of history and personal experience Charles Wood teases and warms hearts in this entertaining Somerset Quiz Book. This is an ideal companion for goggle-eyed grockles and inquisitive settlers wondering what they have let themselves in for – and a useful refresher for natives whose history, geography and just about everything else leans toward ciderous befuddlement. ‘’Tis a lovely way to whet appetites without getting too muddy,” says Charles, whose passion for scribbling snippets over his many years as a filmmaker, writer and broadcaster shines out from these quizzical pages.
From dialect delights to mystical mists, and boundary edge to good old-fashioned head scratching, this Somerset tester will earn a good degree of enlightenment. Through undiluted humour and passion Charles Wood is one of Somerset’s most outspoken defenders. He lives in Wiveliscombe, a hands-in-pocket amble away from the weasel patrols of Somerset’s western border. Illustrated by the author.
From dialect delights to mystical mists, and boundary edge to good old-fashioned head scratching, this Somerset tester will earn a good degree of enlightenment. Through undiluted humour and passion Charles Wood is one of Somerset’s most outspoken defenders. He lives in Wiveliscombe, a hands-in-pocket amble away from the weasel patrols of Somerset’s western border. Illustrated by the author.
About the Author
CharlesWood gave up the legal
profession, and the stress of work in Libya
and Hong Kong, yearning for the artistic
life. For the past twenty years he has just
about managed to avoid wearing a tie to
work or getting grubby. Instead he has
preferred to eke out an existence in the
Somerset custom of self-employment.
As a self-taught documentary filmmaker
he has made over thirty films. His
`Somerset the Summerland' and `Exmoor
- An EnglishWild Kingdom' sold in their
thousands finding their way into many a
Somerset and grockle home. His film
`Dragons - the Story of a Country
Parson' was broadcast on HTV in 1999.
And in 2005 he was the first Englishman
to win a docu-mentary film award in the
Republic of Moldova.
Charles has also found time to be
full-time Dad of four, a writer of fairy
tales, an illustrator, a part-time college
lecturer, a part-time school teacher, an
occasional broadcaster on BBC Somerset
Sound, a cameraman forWestcountry
television news and have a heart transplant.
He now admits to an enjoyment of
poddling through the lighter side of life's
rich tapestry, relieved that he has never
been bankrupt. He is the author of the
acclaimed How to Survive in Somerset.
profession, and the stress of work in Libya
and Hong Kong, yearning for the artistic
life. For the past twenty years he has just
about managed to avoid wearing a tie to
work or getting grubby. Instead he has
preferred to eke out an existence in the
Somerset custom of self-employment.
As a self-taught documentary filmmaker
he has made over thirty films. His
`Somerset the Summerland' and `Exmoor
- An EnglishWild Kingdom' sold in their
thousands finding their way into many a
Somerset and grockle home. His film
`Dragons - the Story of a Country
Parson' was broadcast on HTV in 1999.
And in 2005 he was the first Englishman
to win a docu-mentary film award in the
Republic of Moldova.
Charles has also found time to be
full-time Dad of four, a writer of fairy
tales, an illustrator, a part-time college
lecturer, a part-time school teacher, an
occasional broadcaster on BBC Somerset
Sound, a cameraman forWestcountry
television news and have a heart transplant.
He now admits to an enjoyment of
poddling through the lighter side of life's
rich tapestry, relieved that he has never
been bankrupt. He is the author of the
acclaimed How to Survive in Somerset.
