Good use of a grey day

Today’s guest picture most unusually comes from Mrs Tootlepedal.  She took this picture of our neighbour Liz hard at work in the dam. Unlike yesterday, I hardly stirred from the house and garden all day.  I did pop up to the town after breakfast to oversee the transfer of some unwanted stacking chairs from the

A pedal, a toddle, tea and a cake and two tootles

Today’s guest picture is a south coast sunset, seen by my sister Mary from St Leonard’s-on-Sea. Once again, I managed to get up reasonably promptly and get out on my bicycle in good time.  I was due to do my stint in the Welcome to Langholm office at eleven o’clock so I only had time

Making a fool of myself

Today’s guest picture shows the main bridge over the river in Mechelen, a Belgian town visited recently by my brother Andrew with my sister Mary. We had the promise of some good weather today so when Mrs Tootlepedal had gone off to church, I armed myself with a marmalade sandwich and two bananas and set

At last, a little action

Today’s guest picture comes from my Newcastle correspondent who met these fearsome beasts on a trip to Wallington, a National Trust property near Morpeth. I didn’t take the opportunity to go for a morning pedal with Dropscone today and I am very happy about this as he tells me that he had a ride that

Relaxing

By coincidence, both of my London based sisters sent me pictures of the same art work, ‘The Small Lie’, from the Frieze Art Fair in Regent’s Park and I was faced with the invidious task of choosing between them for the guest picture of the day.  It felt a bit like the judgement of Paris. 

Going clubbing

Today’s guest picture comes from my Newcastle correspondent and shows her children clearly enjoying a visit to Cragside. I had to put on my waterproof trousers and pick up my largest and stoutest umbrella to walk up to the Day Centre after breakfast  to collect a key for a meeting in the evening. Dropscone and