I was surprised to see how low the water levels in the Lakes were, especially as the area had flooded in December. Many bridges had been washed away, forcing us to take the long route around rivers and brooks. Even aged stepping stones had been swept away. We were even able to walk into this …
I was very grateful this Christmas, to be able to sit down to eat in a warm, dry house. It has rained continually here for the last month, yet the deluge that came down on Christmas day had me panicking. The courtyard suddenly flooded, something that has never happened before, and the water was a …
I almost called this post “rain, rain, rain RAIN“, and those words would have settled nicely to the rhythm of Baldrick’s WW1 poem. For those of you who haven’t heard it, see here. I am heartily sick of being utterly drenched, but that’s nothing compared to the suffering of those living in Cumbria who have …
At the rescue, I have now officially become the hedgehog woman, and as such it has fallen to me to do the weekly hedgehog weigh in. As you can see, many of our hogs are becoming rather plump and seem disinterested in their ever-expanding waistlines….there are several even fatter than this one. You wouldn’t believe …
