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Apres le parapluie…
Apres le parapluie. Doesn’t make any sense, really, but saying it convinces me I can speak fluently and effortlessly , and it […]
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Planting..
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Apres le parapluie…
Apres le parapluie. Doesn’t make any sense, really, but saying it convinces me I can speak fluently and effortlessly , and it […]
Pannage…
Pannage is the name in the New Forest for anti-acorn operations, when pigs are allowed on to the common land to consume […]
0.2 degrees…
This morning, the first cold morning of the winter, coincided with the Autumn Equinox. The weather for this week is forecast to […]
Been and gone and done it…
All STC of course. Been here nine years on Saturday.
Apples galore
We’ve done very well this year, and time to pick the Cox’s Orange which we inherited. The Donkeys have been taking a […]
Fare thee well…
Merryhall. If all goes to plan we are moving, hoping to move is more accurate; never tempt providence! We wish you “Bon-voyage” […]
Malvern…
Ninety minutes or so away is the Victorian/Edwardian town of Great Malvern. And what a pleasant, clean, well maintained, freshly painted and […]
Pepys, the diarist…
Started chapters like so. “To Oswestry…”. So I did. But why, I hear you WhatsApp, because it’s there as Hilary said of […]
Quercus, an oak…
by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and buy and sell) and this little chap […]
Early longest-day morning…
Early longest-day morning. Can I say that? Goosander family spooked by my minuscule appearance: a hundred yards away, barely visible in a […]