2013-01-13 - Watership Down Audax, 100k, nr Winchester

We did see that cottage that had the same name as one of the characters in the book, though.

"Laburnum: An artist, he made the shape on the wall of El-ahrairah. He does not appear in the book or TV series, but he is mentioned by Strawberry when he shows the shape to Hazel. Although his taking the time to make a shape of El-ahrairah and even his name (which in Lapine means "Poison-tree") are considered extremely un-rabbit-like, his art is seen as old-fashioned, since the warren in which he lives has long since abandoned values such as cunning and survival."

I've never seen the film but I did think a lot about the book which I've read dozens of times. Adams described the environment pretty much perfectly.

• “Would that the dead were not dead! But there is grass that must be eaten, pellets that must be chewed, hraka that must be passed, holes that must be dug, sleep that must be slept.” *