Well, the nights are drawing in and it’s getting darker, earlier, by the day. I’ve noticed a real chill in the air lately, and even the sunsets are beginning to look a little frosty. Hubs and I did the hour long hike to the pub the other night to see if the swifts and house martins were …
There is a really windy, narrow road, close to where Hubs and I live. It’s full of potholes [sorry Gilly!] and is getting worse by the day. Hubs and I take this road to get to the Cheshire lines on our bikes. Now I kid you not, but the sights I’ve seen on this stretch …
Well, last week Hubs was listening to the radio and heard about a brilliant opportunity for people aged between 18-24 to sail in a Regatta of 17 tall ships from Dublin to Liverpool. Daughter was called and the next day she found herself signed up! She was going to learn how to sail a tall …
Read more “A press-ganged Daughter, a broken digit and other stuff.”
So, I now had a load of bulky items sitting on the grass and an irate husband screaming at me re the impossibility of getting them home. I must admit to feeling somewhat disgruntled at this point, and the shine had gone from my day. I seriously thought about just leaving them where they were as it …
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Recently, I went to an auction, a very unusual auction. The village museum was closing and selling it’s entire contents. It was rather sad really as the entire stock was collected by one man throughout his lifetime, to preserve a little history for future generations. But sadly he died recently and now his daughter was …
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Five years ago I saw a narrowboat for sale on ebay and instantly fell in love with it. It was like owning my very own floating Romany caravan. At the time we had two dogs that were beginning to age and become set in their ways, which made going on holiday very difficult, so buying the boat was the …
Last Saturday, Hubs and I decided to visit Crosby beach. Twenty years ago we haunted the dunes there so we were curious to see if anything had changed. It had!!!! Now one hundred cast iron, life sized figures stand on the beach, stretching almost one kilometre out to sea. Someone has given this figure a pair …
When I moved to Formby over 20 yrs ago, the red squirrels were everywhere. We used to love watching them in the garden, chasing each other up the tree trunks and endlessly burying the peanuts we left out for them. Then, about 8yrs ago they totally disappeared. Last week I saw one back in the …
I was at Martin Mere recently doing a series of talks on wildlife on behalf of the rescue. Martin Mere is a stunningly beautiful place, one of nine unique wetland visitor centres in the UK run by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. I began the day with a talk on hedgehogs. A large crowd had …
This endless rain we’ve been having has certainly been good news for the frogs They seem to be absolutely everywhere, I’ve never seen as many frogs in the garden as I have this year! Maybe it’s because of this…….. A few monthe back, I decided to spend an evening sitting in the garden around the chiminea, So I trotted …
