How much do you appreciate your own surroundings?

Compared to some of the places I have travelled to in recent years, I have often found England to be a fairly boring country. Whilst there are some pretty enough areas it usually doesn’t fill me with the same sense of awe as some of the other countries I have seen. In my eyes, England is nice and quaint but lacks the dramatic scenery that I love in Scotland and America for example.

However, the other day, I was driving home from work, the weather was glorious and I am lucky enough to be surrounded by lovely countryside. It dawned on me that I take my surroundings for granted. Where I live is summed up quite nicely by the words from Jerusalem, “England’s green and pleasant land” and I felt quite lucky.

Here on Fluther, I often find myself envious when jellies describe their own surroundings (who here hasn’t though about how nice it would be to trade places with Coloma for example?) but when I look around me at the lakes, the hills, the woodlands and even the twee little villages (that sometimes irritate me a little but they definitely have their place in English culture) I realise that, I too, am quite fortunate.

It also isn’t difficult for me to get to the more dramatic scenery that I often crave. The highlands of Scotland is only an 8 hour drive away or an hour’s (fairly cheap) flight, the sea is only an hour’s drive away and Salisbury plain and Stonehenge are about 10 minutes drive away!

Do you appreciate your own surroundings? Would you like to share what it is you love about your little corner of the world?