We have arrived in London. Regular readers will be surprised to hear that our train was half an hour late. We were told that this was because of speed restrictions between Rugby and Milton Keynes. A reluctance to go to Milton Keynes is quite understandable of course and as it will lead to us gettingContinue reading “Arrived”
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Not dipping my toe in the water
Today’s guest picture comes from Liz, who is both our gardening adviser and Mike and Alison Tinker’s daughter. She got an unusual view of the Forth rail bridge from a nearby pottery cafe the other day. Today was a write off here, gloomy at the start and gloomier as it went on. It rained allContinue reading “Not dipping my toe in the water”
Boxing day
Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo in Canada. She was on a family visit when she noticed the under snow tracks of a directionally challenged mouse. As well as family visitors today, we had a few bird visitors too. Interestingly, we had almost no bird visitors yesterday judging by how little seed had gone,Continue reading “Boxing day”
A power walk
As several of the pictures in today’s post were taken by our daughter Annie’s partner Joe, I will start with two off his which were taken as their cat Smudge got to know mini Smudge better this morning. Once again our day started with the bus ride across London to visit our granddaughter Evie. ItContinue reading “A power walk”
Party time
Today’s guest picture, like yesterday’s comes from Venetia and Mary’s recent canal walk. This one was taken by Venetia. It was our daughter Annie’s birthday today so in the morning we caught a bus from Kentish Town where we are staying with my hospitable sisters and sat on the top deck admiring the sights untilContinue reading “Party time”
Tickling toes
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary who visited Little Venice with Venetia, my Somerset correspondent a day or two ago. Once again my sisters Susan and Mary are kindly putting us up during our stay in London. The weather wasn’t so cheerful today as it was in the guest picture and Mrs TootlepedalContinue reading “Tickling toes”
On my travels
We are in London on a family visit and it has been a day of traveling today so there are no photos to post at all. I have no camera with me so any brief illustration of goings on down here will come from my phone. I will read others’ posts but may not commentContinue reading “On my travels”
Biting the bullet
Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony’s recent holiday. As well as waterfalls and wonderful views, he and Marianne also saw this. We had the coldest night of the year so far and woke to a frosty scene. It was chilly but the birds were active. A dunnock looked in soon after breakfast.Continue reading “Biting the bullet”
Going round in circles extremely rapidly
Today’s guest guest picture is another from our son Tony’s trip to Loch Awe with his partner Marianne’s for her birthday celebration. They certainly had good weather. After yesterday’s visit to Edinburgh, we varied things by visiting Glasgow today. This involved a unusually early rise for me but not for Mrs Tootlepedal who always wakesContinue reading “Going round in circles extremely rapidly”
By Grand Central Station, I stood up and sang
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who came across a collection of 1000 year old Peruvian bottles. I am not entirely sure that I would like to own bottles that were giving me a hard stare. In spite of the title of today’s post, it was actually Glasgow Central Station where we stoodContinue reading “By Grand Central Station, I stood up and sang”
