Today’s guest picture is a composite of chillis grown and photographed by our sons Anthony and Alistair, with one grown by Mrs Tootlepedal and photographed by me. The title of this post was meant to be a lightly amusing reference to the fact that I played golf with Dropscone today for the first time inContinue reading “Driven to despair”
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A bit of a whirl
Today’s guest picture is another Bermuda view from Joyce. She tells me that this is the causeway to St George at dawn. The forecast for today was not promising but after a very heavy shower overnight with added hail, it was quite a decent day when we got up, and there were none of theContinue reading “A bit of a whirl”
Don’t mention the bike
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother’s Spanish tour. I was excited when I saw compost in his email header but it turned out to be Santiago De Compostela and not interesting garden products. Santiago De Compostela looks quite interesting though. We had another grey morning after some overnight rain and once again a keenContinue reading “Don’t mention the bike”
Sprung
Today’s guest picture comes from my Newcastle correspondent Fiona. Her father is currently gadding about in California but she thinks that there is just as much fun to be had on Tynemouth Sands and who could disagree. We woke to a perfect March morning. The sun was out, the sky was blue, the frogs wereContinue reading “Sprung”
Plum crazy
Today’s guest picture shows Devonport, near Auckland in New Zealand. My brother travelled there last week.It was a good day today in many ways. The sun shone, I got in a cycle ride and a walk, my hip was much improved and best of all, there were many ripe plums from our tree to beContinue reading “Plum crazy”
Sandy’s downfall or a tale of two twits
Today’s guest picture was sent to me from Arran by Bruce where he was attending the wedding of his son. I think this means that the wedding got the official seal of approval. It was another windless, sunny but chilly (5°C) morning and I had thought about cycling south down the A7 and A6071 toContinue reading “Sandy’s downfall or a tale of two twits”
On course
Today’s picture shows Blackfriars Station in London stretching across Blackfriars Bridge. The station has been completely roofed with photo voltaic panels which provide 50% of the station’s power needs. My sister Mary passed it on her walk today. We didn’t have any sun worth speaking about here today but we did have a dry, warmContinue reading “On course”
Eye test
Today’s picture, from my brother’s visit to Melbourne House, shows a statue of Medusa who is obviously having a bad hair day. I couldn’t have felt more different and was in fine fettle when Dropscone arrived for the morning run. It had rained during breakfast but it had stopped by the time that we setContinue reading “Eye test”
International cycling
Today’s picture shows an interesting cake which Dropscone picked up for an extremely modest price when coming through Hawick yesterday evening. I thought that it looked unnervingly like a set of frogs peering out of a very muddy pond which may have affected my ability to truly enjoy my slice. Freezing temperatures again put paidContinue reading “International cycling”
In the swing
Today’s picture is of a cow, rather surprisingly discovered in a park in Glasgow. It was noticed by my sister Susan on her recent trip. I had an early breakfast and went up to see if Dropscone needed any help with his seniors’ golf competition. He had everything under control and I had time toContinue reading “In the swing”
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