Having been treated to a feeding display by a flock of Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) in Woburn two weekends ago (Dec 2nd), I’ve been wondering where our usual band of visiting Redwings has been. It’s that time of year when we…
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Waxwing Reprise
There are precious few positive things associated with a northern European winter, especially for a self-confessed Odo-nutter [a.k.a. dragonfly enthusiast] such as myself. Given the right conditions, a few dragonflies can occasionally persist into December but largely, by mid-November, their…
Houses of the Unfeasibly Rich #2
Something strange has happened to our weather. Having had a sunny day two weeks ago for a visit to the ostentatiously large historic property at Cliveden, on Friday we had yet more sun. We’ll be getting spoilt. Friday’s bout of…
Houses of the Unfeasibly Rich #1
Let’s face it, I’m first and foremost a nature lover; wildlife and natural grandeur, that’s me. I am not a great one for fancy piles of the conspicuously rich whose gardens occupy the space of provincial town. Mind you, if…
Policing the Police
Almost two years ago, I was admitted to hospital for the first time in my life. I was about to have my prostate removed to fix an irritating case of prostate cancer. Removing a prostate, not unnaturally, rates as a…
Burnham Beeches in Autumn
Following our autumn colours trip to meet a friend at Westonbirt Arboretum recently, Carol had arranged a follow-up trip to meet the same friend at Burnham Beeches intent on yet more autumnal colour. It was fortunate that, having a pre-arranged…
Published: France 2012
Well, it’s been an absolutely pitiful year for weather in northern Europe. After kicking off our 2012 travelling with a couple of weeks in Spain in late March/early April, we went for one of our spring migration trips to la…
Roadworks: Steaming Ahead
Yesterday, we were visited by a mechanical brontosaurus which chewed up our old road surface to have it carted off by a stream of lorries. Today, we’d moved on from Jurassic Park into something more akin to Harry Potter when…
Road Works Ahead
Several weeks ago we received a letter from the council saying that our road was going to be resurfaced. The work would entail two closures, the first of which was for two days, 10th & 11th August, to allow the…
Never Renew On-line
Here’s my latest in a rather lengthy line of what would generally be termed insurance renewal run-ins. I say generally because one of the first that really made me laugh was with the renewal for my AA breakdown cover which,…
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