Doings

Sweet peas..

Or more accurately, Mange Tout. The first of the season, sweet, succulent, full of taste, with every meal, between bread,…

2 years ago

Female Goosander…

Leading her family of seven young girls downstream.

2 years ago

There they were, now they’re not…

Bunnies that is. When we first came here, there were bunnies everywhere and evidence that the previous owners had tried…

2 years ago

Taking the air…

Him, the rescue hound, loves watching, listening, sniffing and being generally “on watch” when he goes on the river. George…

2 years ago

Downstairs…

But not upstairs. Followers of the 70’s TV serial will recognise the allusion of public rooms and support staff areas.…

2 years ago

The end of an era,…

… the start of another. The final resting place of the elders of Sandie’s family and their scattering of ashes…

2 years ago

The road to nowhere…

..as we know it, but you may prefer the official designation- the A470. Visitor numbers to Merryhall are low as…

2 years ago

The Heron’s dived in the pond…

Really? The Heron can’t dive, it can fly, so it can fly out of the pond. What’s the problem? My…

2 years ago

A storm is just a storm.

A rose by any other name…. We’ve had more storms than Gaelic or Scandinavian names, just like last weekend. Kathleen-…

2 years ago

Froggie would a wooing go…

but maybe not so many of them these days. At this time of year the frogs meet up to do…

2 years ago