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The Cockchafer..
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The Cockchafer..

The cockchafer or the ‘doodlebug’, a nickname later given to the V-1 flying bomb of WWII for their similarities in sound made during flight. […]

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Wild Flower Meadow
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Wild Flower Meadow

The time is late afternoon, the date is early May, after some heavy rain and even some distant thunder, a stroll through […]

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Whitebells…
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Whitebells…

Our wild flower meadow and orchard is a riot of colour and activity from the turn of the year. Snowdrops, crocus, daffodils […]

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Christmas is coming…
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Christmas is coming…

and the Turkey is already fat! But rather incongruously she is in the garden! Not quite sure, in fact don’t know from […]

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They have arrived..
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They have arrived..

One swallow does make a late Spring. Today, 25th April, bang on target, they have arrived, and… checked out the accommodation. First […]

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The B and B is ready…
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The B and B is ready…

It’s ready. It was a deadline to not miss. The cleaners have been in, the interior designer has had a moment, the […]

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It takes two…
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It takes two…

It takes two to shift this. “This” is a cider mill apple squashing/squishing/juice squeezing wheel. Those who have assiduously explored the site […]

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Early Sunday
The garden

Early Sunday

Nothing beats an early morning stroll around the garden.

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Daffodils awake
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Daffodils awake

In the wild flower meadow nature has collapsed the daffodils overnight. Slowly, imperceptibly, the daffs are waking as the sun warms them.

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Sunday
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Sunday

A Sunday look at the (new) polytunnel.

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A Swallow doesn’t…
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  • 8 June 2025
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A Swallow doesn’t…

Know what it’s doing. I posted this on Facebook: “ Swallows in on my mind. They arrive here in April, usually around […]

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The wild flower meadow…
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  • 5 June 2025
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The wild flower meadow…

Is coming into its own. Although any time of year is spectacular to us. But the snowdrop has given way to the […]

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Planting..
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  • 5 June 2025
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Planting..

Leeks at @merryhall. Slow TV.

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Planting out…
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Planting out…

Tomatoes. Slow TV.

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Necessity is the…
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Necessity is the…

Mother of invention, it is said. Shearing time for the girls, time to get rid of the winter overcoats and make life […]

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Narberth (2) – Tenby
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  • 5 May 2025
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Narberth (2) – Tenby

See the Narbeth post for why we are here. Where? The town is a delightful mix of nostalgia for end of railway […]

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Narberth…
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Narberth…

We had a day out! Now we don’t have dogs we have made a resolution to “get out more”. We hadn’t realised […]

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Grass cutting is easy…
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  • 30 April 2025
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Grass cutting is easy…

Grass cutting is easy. Up and down lines neatly adjacent, stop, empty the collector into the barrow (found on the A470 and […]

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About time too…
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  • 27 April 2025
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About time too…

When we moved here, nine years ago (coming up) we had an unbelievable selling situation with the purchasers taking the waddle. As […]

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“It was on the Monday morning…
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“It was on the Monday morning…

The gas man came to call”. So goes the Flanders and Swan song. Dunno? Link here: The song has partial relevance to […]

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