Category: Outdoors

A partly-knitted purple shawl on two long double pointed needles. A sheet marked with rows worked and the pattern are visible, and one of the needles is pushed into a knitting belt

Blogtober 2021 : Day 6

It’s quite a relief to see blue sky today albeit with more than a few clouds in there.  Phew, it didn’t half put down some rain last night!  It was windy too, and the...

A copy of a book called "The Marlow Murder Club" is lying on a wooden table next to an orange mug of tea and a chocolate bar with a bite out of it. In the background is a brown leather chair.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 4

Not so small daughter didn’t really fancy going into school today and I can’t say that I really blame her.  I think we’d all like to spend a bit longer in bed on a...

Two arches of a brick built railway viaduct against a brilliant blue sky. The foot of the arches are covered with vegetation.

Back to RHS Bridgewater

Friday again … aren’t the weeks whizzing past?!  I hope you’ve had a good one! I took this photo on Monday’s dog walk – look at that sky! First of all, let me say...

A blue sky with wispy clouds is visible between green tree tops and a cream sun parasol

Recharging

It’s just gone noon on Sunday. Here in Winwick, it’s 28 degrees which makes it a hot day here (but perhaps not surprising given that I’m convinced we never get much snow here because...

Our day out

We went out for the day yesterday. Earlier last year, this would have been a perfectly normal thing for us to do – in fact, the most unusual thing about it would have been...

Bluebell season

This is definitely one of my favourite times of the year when the bluebells are out, there’s greenery everywhere and there’s no doubt at all that the Earth is coming back to life. There...