Uffington

My inflight entertainment this evening was the 94-minute VHS edition of this utterly brilliant 1978 BBC children's series, starring 16-year-old Sarah Sutton, several years before she became Nyssa of Traken, as the blind Diana who finds herself at the focus of ancient mysteries around the White Horse of Uffington in around 1902.

January Books 17) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams nwhyte 2010

Wonderful as listening to INSH'ALLAH: THE MUSIC OF LION'S BLOOD has been, even more gratifying have been the times when Heather and I performed on stage together: she and her band Uffington Horse performing while I read sections of the book related to the song.

Steven Barnes - An interview with author 2010

The ancient White Horse chalk figure at Uffington, in Oxfordshire, England.

Enjoy the Ride 2010

Although most people think of the Uffington White Horse when the words "hill figure" come to mind, there are quite a few other surviving examples many dating from the nineteenth century.

Arts 2009

Some of them were rather, er, mystical and hippyish in keeping with the Julian Cope megalith book I spotted on her bookcase -- not a bad thing in any way, i hasten to add but I thought the rolling hills of Uffington White Horse were gorgeously done in her sketchbook.

Extravangance jackfirecat 2006

After the punting, we went to the White Horse at Uffington, and had a lovely evening camping and eating / drinking / making merry.

Punting and strolling jinty 2006

From a distance, the White Horse of Uffington appears suddenly, a scratch mark on the verdant downs.

Timeless Thoroughbred 2001

Beyond the ford at Uffington the hunters got their first glimpse of the quarry, jogging along almost sedately on the narrow road towards Upton.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

The girl said he might be making for the ford at Uffington.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

And the splendid old cross church at Uffington, the Uffingas town.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971