Category: Outdoors

Clear skies and swans

It’s Easter weekend here in the UK – and anywhere else that follows the Christian calendar – which generally means that the garden centres are full of customers and the shops are full of...

Catching up

And then suddenly it was April!  Ta dah! I feel like the months have magically changed months without me even noticing … one day it was March and then before I knew it, it...

A blue, turquoise and white striped sock lies on a wooden table next to an orange mug with a sheep head on it and a ball of yarn in the same colour

Catkins and kittens

It’s Friday again!  The days are just whizzing past, aren’t they?  I was told this happened when you got older but I never believed it – and now I know it’s true! 🙂 How...

A traditional chimney sweep brush sticks out of a chimney pot against a blue and cloudy sky

It’s that time of year …

⭐️   It’s that time of year …. to break out in to break out into cheesy musical songs about chimney sweeps … Our sweep doesn’t sing or dance, though.  I did ask him and...

A frosted flower seed head illuminated by the low Winter sun

Winter skies

It wasn’t that long ago that I despaired of ever seeing anything except grey leaden skies, full of low clouds and drizzle.  That’s not how I like my Winter days to be!  I like...

A road sign next to a moorland road. The red letters on the white background read "Sheeep" (sheep with 3 E's)

Sheeep!

I went to see my friend Lucy on Tuesday.  I haven’t seen her since before Christmas so it felt like a long time since I had driven across the moors to Skipton.  We had...