Sunday 6 November 2011

Salt of the Earth

Gardener Bob Salt tends to the grounds of Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. Salt of the Earth, that man (Matthew 5:13). Or, in even older English, 'salt of the erthe' (Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, line 2196).

See the glorious original Eyewitness photo in the Guardian.

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