Doings

Of gorse it is…

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

3 months ago

The Wye…

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

3 months ago

Apres le parapluie…

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

4 months ago

Pannage…

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

5 months ago

0.2 degrees…

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

5 months ago

Been and gone and done it…

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

5 months ago

Apples galore

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

5 months ago

Fare thee well…

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

5 months ago

Malvern…

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

7 months ago

Pepys, the diarist…

Started chapters like so. “To Oswestry…”. So I did. But why, I hear you WhatsApp, because it’s there as Hilary…

8 months ago