The cottage

A lite bite

Two of the best bits about living here is the butchers  Mr. Morgan in Builth never fails to impress.  …

6 years ago

Can spring be far behind?

Not quite what poet Percy Bysshe Shelley said, the full, correct, version that a poetryphile would recognise is “if winter…

6 years ago

Today’s the day.

Yup, it's be nice to Sanders day.  Early morning decision, not to go the Shrewsbury; heard on the radio that…

6 years ago

Love Island…

Don't get too excited - I know it's not PC, but it's the first thing that sprang to mind.  Subject…

6 years ago

Dennis more

As of dusk last night, both groundwater and river levels had fallen. The river was down to four feet above…

6 years ago

Dennis 3

There’s no traffic on the A470, so it is probably closed northbound, and it is closed southbound at Builth Wells.…

6 years ago

Dennis 2

Dawn broke to reveal a river about eight feet above normal. this is the top step of the seven or…

6 years ago

The nights are drawing out…

as my Father used to say.  We now complete the animals by 17.30 or so, and without the stable light.…

6 years ago

Pleasant chappie…

… I think that is what he is known as.  The male pheasant has up to eight female pheasants in…

6 years ago

Oh! what a year it’s been…

... much like all the others really!  But at this time of year it fills the visual and aural BBC…

6 years ago