2. Two leggy girls in pink rollerskates glide backwards and forwards between the park gate and the crest of the hill.
3. The air is sharpened by the scent of cupressus. From the dark top branches, a robin scatters shards and drops of music.
1. There are drifts of mauve heather blossom here and there on the common where the trees have been cleared to open up heathland. 2. I rathe...