Darrick Wood - Corsica -The Cattle - Le bétail


Thoughts in Darrick Wood by Trevor Morgan 23 April 2020 (traduction française ci-dessous)

We have a lot of agricultural land in the nearby vicinity of Darrick Wood, but we have very few cattle. The London Borough of Bromley has the most farmland of any other Borough. The thought of cattle sets my mind wandering to the beautiful French Island of Corsica. This island is one of the jewels of the Mediterranean. You can see that there are many influences especially French and Italian. Many of the local people speak Corsican which, to me resembles a mixture of Italian and French, but it is a dialect shared with the Italian people on the other side of the Ligurian sea.

The island has international and historical importance. Napoleon Bonaparte was born there in 1769. Horatio Nelson visited Corsica but not as a tourist; he lost his right eye from shrapnel wounds during the siege of Calvi in 1794.

The cattle of Corsica have no interest in history or the glories and disasters of war. They are left to roam free in villages and on beaches and to look after themselves, until it is time to be milked. They then make their way “home” without assistance from their owners. They are lucky: Oh, the joys of almost complete freedom!



Pensées dans Darrick Wood par Trevor Morgan 23 avril 2020

Nous avons beaucoup de terres agricoles à proximité de Darrick Wood, mais nous avons très peu de bétail. Le London Borough de Bromley possède le plus grand nombre de terres agricoles de tout autre arrondissement. La pensée du bétail me fait penser à la belle île française de Corse. Cette île est l’un des joyaux de la Méditerranée. Vous pouvez voir qu’il y a beaucoup d’influences surtout françaises et italiennes. Beaucoup de la population locale parlent le corse qui, pour moi, ressemble à un mélange d’italien et de français, mais c’est un dialecte partagé avec le peuple italien de l’autre côté de la mer ligure.

L’île a une importance internationale et historique. Napoléon Bonaparte y est né en 1769. Horatio Nelson a visité la Corse mais pas en tant que touriste; il a perdu son œil droit des blessures par des éclats d’obus pendant le siège de Calvi en 1794.





Le bétail de Corse ne s’intéresse pas à l’histoire ni aux gloires et aux désastres de la guerre. On les laisse errer librement dans les villages et sur les plages et s’occuper d’eux-mêmes, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit temps de les traire. Ils rentrent ensuite chez eux sans l’aide de leurs propriétaires. Ils ont de la chance : les joies d’une liberté presque totale !

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