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Sat 07 Jul 2008Adventures in the land of Narnia
Mal Rogersretraces the footsteps of CS Lewis in Tollymore Forest Park. Full of beautiful ruins and hills, curios and trees, it's a pure fantasy setting
BELFAST-BORN WRITER CS Lewis drew his inspiration from Tollymore Forest Park. Poet Edward Lear also took to the place. "Full of beautiful ruins and bridges and trees and hills and mills and lawns and laurels," he said, before going off to write The Owl and the Pussycat. Probably.
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