The first frost…

9 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…

9 months ago

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

The Wye…

9 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…

10 months ago

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

Pannage…

11 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…

11 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…

11 months ago

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

Apples galore

11 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…

12 months ago

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

Malvern…

1 year ago

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