Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He is on his travels again and visited Lincoln recently. We had a warm and pleasant day here today, with only a brief flurry of rain to make us nervous. We were expecting visitors so while Mrs Tootlepedal baked a cake, I swept the paths in theContinue reading “Visitors”
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Taking the biscuit
Today’s guest picture comes from Mike Tinker. He and Alison are just back from a golden wedding holiday in Oban. Mike spotted these colourful fungi on one of their outings. We had a better day of weather than we expected here today, with light winds and no rain. This was lucky as we were dueContinue reading “Taking the biscuit”
Going nuts
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. It is not the sharpest picture that he has ever taken but you don’t get to see an otter very often, so any picture is brilliant. Our spell of gorgeous late summer weather continued here today. Once again it was sunny without being too hot, so weContinue reading “Going nuts”
Interruptions and delays
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alistair. He knows that I like cascades, so he sent me this picture of the Calton Steps in Edinburgh today. We had showers here today but nothing like they must have had in Edinburgh. It was the sort of day when every time that you poked your noseContinue reading “Interruptions and delays”
Conducted tour
Today’s guest picture comes from our neighbour Gavin who is on a visit to some Scottish islands. He looked over the water to see the Paps of Jura. In my distant youth I ran in a fell race that went right over the tops of those hills. It was very hard work. It was anContinue reading “Conducted tour”
At the end of the day
Today’s guest picture comes from my Sheffield correspondent, Edward. He and his wife went to Singapore for the FI Grand Prix and stopped off at Phuket in Thailand where he was very impressed by the wiring. I footered away a fine morning, firstly through a failure of communication with Dropscone about the availability of sconesContinue reading “At the end of the day”
A sunny Sunday
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who has returned from Spain and found this fine windmill at Lytham in Lancashire. A spell of good weather has crept up on us surreptitiously. It has gone gradually from being cold and grey to generally warm and fine. It has been raining in the night butContinue reading “A sunny Sunday”
Life in the slow lane
Today’s guest picture shows one of the ponds in Parliament Hill Fields. It was taken by my sister Mary who knows a good pond when she sees one. There was rain in the night but we woke to a quiet, grey and dry day. After breakfast, Mrs Tootlepedal went off to sing in church andContinue reading “Life in the slow lane”
Plan B
Today’s guest picture is a very fine harpsichord, built in 1999 after one built by one of the Ruckers family of Flemish harpsichord makers of the late 16th and early 17th C. My sister Susan heard it played at a concert recently. Lucky her. This was the last day of our very warm and dryContinue reading “Plan B”
Saddle up
Today’s guest picture shows a bridge on the Trent and Mersey Canal which was visited today by my brother Andrew. I started my day with a visit to the doctor to discuss statins. After stopping taking them a few months ago, I was persuaded back onto them and I was hoping that a recent testContinue reading “Saddle up”
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