The first frost…

3 months ago

The first frost of the year and Dol-y-Fan is looking good in the early morning sun. Not a deep one,…

Of gorse it is…

3 months ago

Of gorse it is in flower, at this time of year. Remarkable as it seems, differing bushes, or even stems,…

The Wye…

3 months ago

The Wye, and why? Wye does it exist, how long has it being running, and other existential questions arise just…

Apres le parapluie…

4 months ago

Apres le parapluie. Doesn’t make any sense, really, but saying it convinces me I can speak fluently and effortlessly ,…

Pannage…

5 months ago

Pannage is the name in the New Forest for anti-acorn operations, when pigs are allowed on to the common land…

0.2 degrees…

5 months ago

This morning, the first cold morning of the winter, coincided with the Autumn Equinox. The weather for this week is…

Been and gone and done it…

5 months ago

All STC of course. Been here nine years on Saturday.

Apples galore

5 months ago

We’ve done very well this year, and time to pick the Cox’s Orange which we inherited. The Donkeys have been…

Fare thee well…

5 months ago

Merryhall. If all goes to plan we are moving, hoping to move is more accurate; never tempt providence! We wish…

Malvern…

7 months ago

Ninety minutes or so away is the Victorian/Edwardian town of Great Malvern. And what a pleasant, clean, well maintained, freshly…