Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She walked down to the beach at Southsea yesterday, and reflected on the changes that have occurred since she first came to the area when the beach was simply a stretch of lifeless shingle. We had another grey day here, and it remained grey and fairly coolContinue reading “A test stagger”
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Swings and roundabouts
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He visited Kedleston Hall today. It has a lake with a good stone bridge. We had a fine day here, with quite a bit of sunshine to go with a fair bit of cloud, but no rain. The morning was spent getting ready to welcome our daughterContinue reading “Swings and roundabouts”
Mrs Tootlepedal plays chicken
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was impressed by this hanging basket which he passed on a recent outing Neither of us slept very well last night, so we were in no rush to set about life this morning. It wasn’t until after we had had coffee and I had filled theContinue reading “Mrs Tootlepedal plays chicken”
Flowers in the rain
Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony’s highland holiday. He and Marianne and the dogs went to Mellon Udrigle, which I though must be a misprint but which turns out to be a rendering of the Gaelic name Meallan Ùdraigil. It looks like a beautiful spot. We had a far from beautiful dayContinue reading “Flowers in the rain”
Never a dull moment
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin who is on holiday in the north east of Scotland. He visited the harbour at Macduff on a calm day. Here, the only thing dull about the day was the weather, as I had a pleasantly full schedule. The morning was drizzly and apart from a quickContinue reading “Never a dull moment”
Pause for rain
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He visited Powis Castle today and enjoyed the fine gardens there. The forecast was for ‘rain later’ and it was dry and cloudy as we cycled the church to sing in the choir. There were only five of us in the choir today, but we sang outContinue reading “Pause for rain”
A smooth exchange
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She passed this impressive growth in a small front garden on a recent walk. The weather today could not have been better organised. We needed rain for the garden, I needed dry weather to cycle down to Longtown to swap bikes at the bike shop. We gotContinue reading “A smooth exchange”
More silence
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Bruce. He came across an unexpected obstacle on his walk round the Scholar’s Field today. The chief business of the morning was ringing up the bike shop to get news of my road bike. It didn’t take long. No one answered the phone,so I left a message askingContinue reading “More silence”
Slow going
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary who had a day out in Paris today. She walked along the Seine I had quite a full day today here without doing anything in a rush. It had got down to very near freezing overnight, so Mrs Tootlepedal was out checking the garden while I wasContinue reading “Slow going”
Going wild
Today’s guest picture comes from Mark’s marathon walk over the twelve hills round the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve last Sunday. It shows the party at 5am in Langholm at the start; on top of Tinnis Hill (the first hill) at 8.30am; on the high point of the walk at Roan Fell cairn (the fourth hillContinue reading “Going wild”
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