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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamie’s book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, it’s a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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Wet towels
I left the towels on the line for three days before I gave in and brought them in to dry indoors. The days have been full of fog and mist down here in the South West. Yesterday we drove out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged christmas, Christmas tree, combe, countryside, COVID-19, December, devon, England, family, fog, mist, oak tree, ridgeway, southwest, swing, towels, tree, tyre swing, walk, wood
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Tram-tastic
With all that’s been going on with Covid, instead of our planned trip to North Wales the week before last, we decided to stay at home and do local day trips. One of these was a trip to Seaton. Seaton … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged alan gardner, Blackpool, bookshop, Britain, claude lane, coastal town, colyford, colyton, countryside, day trip, devon, east devon, eastbourne, holiday, lancaster electrical company, Owl and Pyramid, rhyl, roman port, saxon town, seaton, Seaton tramway, seaton wetlands, southwest, trams, UK
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Bennett’s Cross
On Dartmoor there is a crooked stone cross beside the road between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge. Folklore has it that the cross was erected as a boundary marker by a tin miner named William Bennett in the 16th century. Looking out across … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged "This too shall pass", 16th century, Birch Tor, common lizard, Dartmoor, devon, dragonflies, family, fishing net, folklore, granite, history, minnows, Moretonhampstead, open cast mining, paddling, perspective, picnic, Postbridge, Redwater Brook, ruins, southwest, spoil heaps, stannery, stream, tin mining, tinner, tomatoes, Vitifier Tin Mine, walk, William Bennett
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Mini adventures
The car I drive for work is a Mini I inherited from my father-in-law. Whether I’m negotiating tight passing places in narrow country lanes or squeezing into impossible parking spots in town, it’s ideal. It has a small boot crammed … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged bandages, car, countryside, COVID-19, devon, district nursing, hair dye, hairdressers, handbrake, lanes, lockdown, Mini, nursing, PPE, team, tractors, urinary catheters
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Half term
The word ‘half term’ has lost a bit of its significance during lockdown. I mean, is it half term? Are we sure? Is it still May? And what day of the week is it anyway? But no, it’s definitely half … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged blue tits, buttercups, childcare, children, countryside, COVID-19, devon, grandparents, half term, holiday clubs, keyworker children, keyworkers, meadow, parenting, phased return, pod, schools, swifts, uniforms
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In the midst…
I nearly stood on a peacock butterfly as I left a patient’s house this week. It was sunning itself on the front doorstep. The absence of car fumes and aeroplane pollution has made the night sky crystal clear, even in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged COVID-19, daily exercise, devon, exeter, ford, green circle, green space, night sky, paddling, peacock butterfly, pollution, skimming stones, stitchwort, stream, wild garlic
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