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Wednesday 25th November 2020

Bodiam Wildlife and Memories. Part 1

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I discovered that the filming at Bodiam Castle on Monday was for a music magazine promo. No idea how long that��ll take to surface then, but I did promise to share if I found out, so now you’re as wise as I am.

As always I took so many photos it’s hard to write a cohesive blog post that doesn’t turn into War and Peace, so wildlife and nature is going to be split into two parts.

I spotted this lovely illustration on the Facebook page. It’s by local artist

Claire Fletcher I love her style.

There are leaflets for children and signs around the grounds to engage them in nature activities, I do find the NT are pretty good at this kind of thing.

Now I mentioned Ducks in my piece yesterday because you just can’t miss them and I said that although they were a bit rattled by the film crew, they were still going about their business and standing their ground.

We stood and watched a few times as they left the Moat and followed each other either from our right or left, directly in front of the café, in a veritable parade to a particular spot

The object of the exercise was a quick bit of foraging under this Oak, until some unknown signal went and OFF they all went back to the water, causing quite a kerfuffle as they did.

Reflections of the Tea Room and sloping Vineyard behind

The Moat itself is alternately a source of calm and a scene of great activity.

With just one solitary Moorhen spotted

‘I’m Off’

The fish that you'll see in the moat below you as you cross the bridge to the castle are carp. In medieval England, carp were a regular food source and bred specifically for that purpose by monks. Ours are not descended from those fish but came instead from Richborough Power Station near Sandwich in Kent in 1996 when it closed down.

I can testify that the Moat is absolutely teeming with fish and yes, they’re not shy.

Note the improvement from my efforts to photograph fish at Scotney Castle!

The monks used to breed the carp so they had the least scales, which is where the descriptions, mirror carp and leather carp come from. By breeding the carp in this way, it helped to save time in the kitchens. Carp for eating wouldn’t have been kept in the moat originally because all the garderobes were emptied into it and so it is thought that they were kept in special ponds to the north west of the castle. You can still see the dips in the grounds where these ponds were likely to be sited. You'll notice that the moment you tread on the bridge the fish will come to the surface and gape at you. It is sometimes thought that they are doing this as they need air, but this isn't the case they’re begging, just like a dog might do at the table. There are plenty of nutrients in the muddy moat waters, even though it may not look like it, and so we ask visitors not to feed the fish.

‘Hungry mouth to feed. You won’t like me when I’m hangry’

That made me think, remember when bread to feed the fish and bread and milk for Hedgehogs were commonly held beliefs? I cringe now at the thought, but you do still see plenty of people throwing bread for ducks.

Do you recall as well that one the way to Bodiam I missed getting a picture of Seven (+) Swans (Geese, but close enough) A Swimming? Well I did manage a photo of Ring a Ring a Roses on the Moat. What do you think?

The grounds around the Castle are left pretty natural looking and two sides have trees and bushes providing food and shelter.

And the land surrounding is obviously very fertile too.

Vineyards surround Bodiam Castle grounds

For history buffs there are links at the end, which tell you about the area’s productivity for the viticulture and brewing trade.

There’s still a lot of work to manage such an ancient site even if it’s not formal gardening.

There’s no sign or information to tell you, but this guardian Knight looks like it’s a chainsaw sculpture. I think when we’ve been to a Medieval Fair at Bodiam in the past (and at Bateman’s Summer Craft Fair too) that they’ve held demonstrations. I wouldn’t say he looks all that ferocious though and I bet quite a lot of people miss him as he’s tucked into the hedge.

And because I just can’t resist, if, like me, you do enjoy social history as much as chronicles of great note, these links are quite fascinating. Beware it’s a bit of a rabbit warren, there are old newspaper articles, photographs and interesting facts about Hop production and the villages around the Bodiam area. There are snippets about Whist Drives and charity fund raising and lots of weather and motoring reports, some of them quite dramatic.

I know we still call Kent ‘The Garden of England’ but it’s quite hard to imagine the scale of invasion to the South East at busy times when the labour forces were much needed and appreciated.

Imagine if they’d had Loyalty points back then!

Bodiam Hops, Brewing and Tasting.

The Castle Inn

Interesting facts :

The Castle Inn was the only Guinness owned house in the country. I guess it made sense to have an outlet where they owned so many Hop fields at the time. To make a booking, potential guests had to send a telegram as there was no telephone.

And finally, as they say on the news, a little anecdote. Only this morning I was listening to a radio show where they were discussing the American designer, Tom Ford’s, fragrance for men, named Oud Wood. The conversation was about how strange a word Oud is and how they’d not come across it before. The fragrance itself has ‘woody notes’ - unsurprisingly when they looked it up they found that’s the exact meaning of Oud.

Known as the "five thousand dollar per pound scent," Oud or Oudh is by far one of the most expensive raw fragrance ingredients in the world. Also known as agarwood, this essential oil is extracted from the fungus-infected resinous heartwood of the agar tree, which is primarily found in the dense forests of Southeast Asia, India and Bangladesh

So it was a strange coincidence when I was posting the history links up above to read...

The former Guinness Farm talked about up above - the one with the 1950s’ slide show, is known as Udiam Farm. No longer a Hop Farm, they have some rather nice looking holiday cottages and I bet it’s far easier to book now (lockdown allowing) than it was at The Castle back in the day*

*Point of Order, I don’t know them and have never been there.

Funny how small a world it is eh.

Index for more history bits and bobs for those who like the rabbit warren.

For those of you who’re monitoring our diet - we feel like chicken tonight, herb roasted...with a big mixed salad. I know the weather forecast was dire for temperature but the fire’s lit and we’re cosy, so salad is good.

Poppy for Remembrance (not my photo)

#national trust nature photography hops farming ducks Sussex Bodiam Castle history

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