The Seasons

Hello, new friend…

A polytunnel! “If it takes two or three men, two or three days to erect one, how long does it…

7 months ago

”Winter’s dregs…*”

Yes, there are dull days in January. Dull, dreary, dreich, cold, freezing, snowy (or “wintry mix” as Apple weather app…

9 months ago

There’s snow warning…

There’s snow warning like no warning, like no warning we know. Not had one this early in winter before. “We’re…

11 months ago

Fat red berries…

The “foreign” blackbirds haven’t arrived yet, so the evenings are less noisy with the sounds of the locals staking out…

11 months ago

The first frost…

The first frost of the year and Dol-y-Fan is looking good in the early morning sun. Not a deep one,…

11 months ago

Of gorse it is…

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

11 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 ,…

11 months ago

Pannage…

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

1 year ago

0.2 degrees…

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

1 year ago

Quercus, an oak…

by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and buy and sell) and this…

1 year ago