Weather

A sparkle amid the gloom.

The roadside verge at the top of the track.

6 years ago

Flotsam

A week or so ago, after a not very stormy storm, a part of a hawthorn tree covered by ivy,…

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

Poo!

Not ordinary poo, though - not donkey, or sheep nor rabbit but otter! Typically left in a noticeable position as…

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

THE day – 2019

Christmas Day 2019. A lovely day of laughter, nostalgia, whimsy, generosity, fiz and cloudy lemonade (note to self; good doctor’s…

6 years ago

Minus five last night…

… and it's snowing! Winter has arrived!

6 years ago

Half a month’s worth…

Or so they say. Five inches in 24 hours of heavy, persistent, wet rain. https://youtu.be/5GToLK0n9lo The tall tree in the…

6 years ago

Half a month’s worth…

of rain, some five inches or so (and probably more) of heavy, persistent and wet rain. https://youtube.be/5GYoLK0n9lo... On top of…

6 years ago

Flood surge

You’ll be aware of the recent heavy rains, no surprise that the river is running about four feet above normal.…

7 years ago