Just as spring turned to summer last year, a little crow was lost among the ruins of a 13th century church.I called him Elidor, after the boy in a fairy story I had recently heard in Wales, but then later realised I had misremembered the name - it should have been 'Elidorus'. Having investigated the name I had accidentally chosen, I discovered it was the title of a fantasy novel by Alan Garner in which four children are led to a ruined church and find themselves transported to the mysterious world of Elidor.
A curious coincidence...
Elidor unfortunately did not survive his fall, but I had the honour of nursing him for a brief time. And now he is the inspiration behind this blog - there he is, in the page header!
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