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All the places in the book are real, by the way. The Watership Down warren is here: http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=449912&y=156897&z=115&sv=449912,156897&st=
by david-given 10y ago
All the places in the book are real, by the way. The Watership Down warren is here:
http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=449912&y=156897&z=115&sv=449912,156897&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=539&ax=449912&ay=156897&lm=0 http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=449912&y=156897&z=115&sv=44...
...and there's actually a warren there. Watership Down makes a nice walk on a sunny day (although a much less nice one on a December weekend when it's raining and sleeting at the same time, to pick an example completely at random).
Adams does a fantastic job of making a landscape that's only a few kilometres across seem epicly huge.
Full list of Google Maps links here:
http://mythgard.org/academy/watership-down-geography/ http://mythgard.org/academy/watership-down-geography/
- wyager 10y agoI'm adding this to my bucket list. This was one of the most memorable books of my childhood.