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Tag Archives: walk
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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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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Merry Christmas
At the weekend we completed our annual ritual of walk in the woods, sausage sandwiches in a twinkly barn, and Christmas tree purchase from the Dartmoor Park Rangers. Once home, we put on some Christmas tunes, fired up the wood … Continue reading
Almond Shortbread
The river banks are full of the frothy plumes of Meadowsweet which scents the air with the smell of almond shortbread. I have been making the effort to try and walk home from work now and again. At three and … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged almond shortbread, almonds, attic, bothered, commute, edits, end of term, hot, kelpies, meadowsweet, peace and quiet, preschool, rain, river, scent, solitude, sport, sports day, summer rain, walk, waterways, window
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One of the Many Days
Autumn is here. It was dark coming back from Brownies with Little Owl and her friend last night. Black clouds scudded across the sky. I was hustled and bustled by the wind on my bike this morning. One minute I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged acorns, autumn, baby carrier, bats, bike, bike ride, blackberries, Brownies, children, clouds, conkers, countryside, dark, dawn, early morning, evenings, extract, family, fungi, night, Norman MacCaig, One of the Many Days, parenting, poem, poetry, quote, rose hips, rowan, seasons, storm, storm ali, walk, wind
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Variation
Hanging out the washing in the morning there’s a definite freshness to the air that wasn’t there a week or so ago. On a walk in the hills above our house this weekend we spotted an enormous painted lady butterfly … Continue reading
Kingfisher sighting
Last week the most amazing thing happened. Finch and I were out for a frosty walk in the nature reserve opposite our house and we saw a kingfisher! It was bright blue against the dark wet vegetation. It flashed past … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged frosty, illustration, kingfisher, scotland, walk, winter
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Soaring
We often think of the farm and miss it very much (for new readers, we moved to our current and more urban home in April). We wonder to each other how the kingfisher down by the river fared this year, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bank, beech tree, bilberries, boundary, fair, farm, frogs spawn, frost, hill, illustration, kingfisher, plain, reeds, rope swing, rural, scotland, silage, tupping, urban, walk, wood
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