Today’s guest picture comes from my Lancashire correspondent Paul who is visiting the lake District again. He spotted a lake. We had another cold night here but, once again, the temperature stayed just high enough to avoid any great damage to the garden and I was able to trim the front hedge in pleasant sunshineContinue reading “Watch the birdie”
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Acting my age
Today’s guest picture comes from our younger son Alistair. It shows a loaf made to their own ad hoc recipe by his wife and daughter, Clare and Matilda. He tells me that it tasted as good as it looks. I also made a loaf of bread today, but as it required the use of ourContinue reading “Acting my age”
An outing with Mrs Tootlepedal
Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She had left Somerset for the extreme west of the country when she was surprised by the Tour of Britain leaving from Penzance. She tells me that all the riders had passed her in four seconds, so it was a brief encounter. We woke up toContinue reading “An outing with Mrs Tootlepedal”
Time and tide
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who went back to the low countries after our visit to Marseille. He was surprised to find a local pipe band in Ghent. They are wearing McKenzie tartan kilts, our mother’s clan. The forecast was for a calm and often sunny day. I made a plan toContinue reading “Time and tide”
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