The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: natural history
Kia-Ora days one and two glass bridges and a prickly pair
We made it. Me from London via Singapore and the Lawyer via LA and Tahiti from Lima. I brought us a mascot. We’re a wee bit dozy so decided on a walk around the Quay area. We found the university … Continue reading
Posted in art, buildings, food, miscellany, natural history, New Zealand, sculpture
Tagged Art, Auckland, Fashion, New Zealand, Sky Tower
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The Invisible Tree
I walk a lot. Mostly with Dog, come rain or shine. Sometimes I let my thoughts run free, more a mental ramble really. At others I have the radio on, Radio Four mostly. And occasionally it is music. I watch … Continue reading
The tree in the wood
You know the old hackneyed expression about not seeing the wood for the trees? Well this week the Archaeologist and I set out on a quest to find one tree (actually two) in a wood. The wood in question is … Continue reading
We’re walking in the air – You never walk alone, part three
Oh, it was GLORIOUS! After some discussion and because of timings and logistics, we decided that for the third and final leg of the Suffolk 60 we would travel south-north, back from the end to Chillesford. You see, the Suffolk Coastal … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, natural history, suffolk, writing
Tagged Bawdsey, Butley, Chillesford, Felixstowe, Ordfordness, Shingle Street, Suffolk, Suffolk 60, Suffolk Coastal Path
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Wet wet wet – you’ll never walk alone, part two
Oh yes, did it rain. Take the contrast between this: And this: Needless to say the Lawyer and I only had the Dog for company. Poor mite was shivering by the time we reached Thorpeness, but we treated him to … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, natural history, suffolk, walking
Tagged Aldeburgh, Chillesford, Dunwich, Maltings, Rendlesham forest, River Alde, Sizewell, Snape, Suffolk 60, Suffolk Coastal Path, Thorpeness, Tunstall forest
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You’ll never walk alone… part one
Walk on, through the wind Walk on, through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone You’ll never walk alone So sung Gerry and the … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, natural history, suffolk, walking
Tagged Dunwich, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Reydon, Southwold, Walberswick
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Glasgow – day one
So here we are. Glasgow. A city en fete. Party central. Grey and a dollop or two of rain. It’s warm and perfect conditions for the marathon. I’m starting this post in bed in our hotel, set in the rolling acres … Continue reading
Grizzlies and Grizedale
This time last year I was in Canada. On one memorable day we saw the family of brown bears (see picture) and, deep in a wood, a grizzly. If anything that was more impressive, but sadly too quick for a … Continue reading
Posted in art, miscellany, natural history, sculpture
Tagged conniston water, grizedale forest sculpture park, grizzly bear, lake windermere
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A rustle in the bedroom
Irene Waters posted on the subject of the Bogong moth, a fascinating piece reliving the impact this bug had on her young life. It brought back a lot of memories from my childhood, because from as far back as I … Continue reading
