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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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Carnival night
We are in the thick of carnival season here in the Southwest. This is the time of year when most towns near us will put on a brightly lit procession through the streets. Carnival night is all about preparation. It … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged autumn, carnival, cartwheel, clothes, coppers, devon, education, educational, festivities, fish and chips, ginger, girl, grey, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, layers, lights, night, october, orange, pennies, purple, pyjamas, railway embankment, school, southwest, tradition, uniform, white
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Returning
We are back from a lovely week away in the southwest. Highlights included ice creams topped with clotted cream, walks by the sea, buying pollack on the beach for our tea (fresh from the fisherman who’d just caught it), sampling … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged beach, beer and beard competition, Budleigh Salterton, christening, clotted cream, cream teas, devon, fishermen, home brew, ice cream, illustration, pollack, southwest, vicar
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Beetroot
This week Little Owl and I pulled eighteen hefty beetroot from one of the rubble sacks where we’ve had a patch growing this summer. It was wonderful to see them after last year’s didn’t even germinate. Here’s a link to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged balloons, beetroot, children, harvest, hugh fearnley-whittingstall, magic bread dough, new website, pizza, rubble sacks, southwest, trip
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