First steps

Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Mike Tinker, who is on his way back from New Zealand. He sent me this charming picture of Pollard Park in Blenheim before he left. We woke to sunshine and 5°C. This was almost as good as the day got, and as I start this post in the

Stopped in our tracks

Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Mike who is visiting his son in New Zealand. He and his wife Alison came across this fine flying bird with a fifteen metre wingspan in Wellington Airport. It may be hobbit related. Disappointingly but predictably, we had a rather cold and grey day to welcome our visitors.

A song and a stroll

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was walking through Regents Park in London yesterday on his way to have coffee with my sister Mary after her game of tennis when he passed the Triton and Dryads fountain. After a promise of a week of grey weather ahead, we got rather excited when

Turning over an old leaf

Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone’s recent holiday in Malta. He visited St Agatha’s Tower, one of the Lascaris Towers (Maltese: Torrijiet ta’ Lascaris) which are a series of mostly small coastal watchtowers built in Malta by the Order of Saint John between 1637 and 1652. This one has been extensively restored. As well as

A pedal and a tootle

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew, who is in London, visiting my sister Mary. He spotted these two fine parakeets while walking in a park. We had a sunny morning here today but as it was -2°C when we got up, our joy was slightly modified. It warmed up quite quickly though, and

A change of weather and a change of mind

Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo in Manitoba. She spotted a good example of a snow angel and liked the careful work involved. We actually had a glimpse of blue sky here as we got up this morning. However, it soon disappeared and I got rained on when I cycled round to the corner

Chancing my luck

Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Mike. He and his wife Alison are visiting family in New Zealand. He sent me this picture to show the sort of thing his son has to put up with in his garden at this at this time of year. The weather gods welcomed us home with rain

Mostly trees today

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She went for a touch of culture at the Royal Academy yesterday. We had another in our succession of cloudy but relatively warm days today and it was 8°C (46°F) when we cycled up to the wood at Hallpath after a late breakfast to help with some

Heeling spirit

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He visited this fine church in Melbourne, Derbyshire yesterday. We had another grey morning here with a very brisk wind making it feel quite a lot chillier than the thermometer said that it was. Sandy came down for coffee which brightened the day up a bit. After

Heavy drinking

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She had a very sunny day today for a trip down the river passing under Vauxhall Bridge. By contrast, we had a very grey day here, but as it was quite warm at 8 degrees and we spent a lot of the day in the car driving