Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She saw these de-icers at work at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on her way to America. They would make me very nervous if I was flying. We had a day out today. One of Mrs Tootlepedal’s fellow sopranos from our Carlisle choir had invited us forContinue reading “La vie en rose”
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All hail
Today’s guest picture is another from Dropscone’s visit to Crail to act as referee at a golf competition earlier this month. As well as looking as the fine views, he also saw some golfers. There may be worse places to play golf than Crail. They forecast a chilly night and we got one. They forecastContinue reading “All hail”
I’ve looked at life from both sides now
Today’s picture shows a small flock of chaffinches waiting to say goodbye to Mrs Tootlepedal and me as we left them to fend for themselves for a day. They had to wait a bit because before we left, I went round the morning run with Dropscone. Having completed 1000 miles on his slower winter bike,Continue reading “I’ve looked at life from both sides now”