Weather

It’s wet.

Not very, but hopefully enough to deter at least some weekend visitors. The last two weekends have been sunny/hot, and…

5 years ago

Late Summer colour

The Chinese call it late summer, the period between summer (everything fresh and bright), and autumn (everything jaded and prepping…

5 years ago

Covid benefits

One of the benefits of Covid and lockdown (and there are quite a few) is the even more beautiful and…

5 years ago

The coppice…

Aka the wood, woodlet, we don’t know what to call this magical area. Nor do we know how to manage…

5 years ago

Blossom time

Blossom time at Merryhall.  It’s that time of year again.  Last year was a holiday for the trees, and fruiting…

6 years ago

Small fry

Just up stream of the River Wye from us, there are some breeding beds - gravel areas where the females…

6 years ago

Remember Polaroids?

Remember Poloaroids?  Those really compact (not), sleek (not), designed using form follows function principles (not), anyway they worked and this…

6 years ago

Statuesque Sycamores

Our statuesque sycamores against the bluest of blue skies.  No aircraft con-trails either.  We had a tree surgeon give us…

6 years ago

Very low river levels…

The river is now at summer levels, and is very low.  This morning there were two Canada Geese standing in…

6 years ago

Remember tadpoles?

Do you remember tadpoles from your youth?  The pond is looking good, ir overgrown with cotton heads and fresh water…

6 years ago