The coronavirus thing is making itself felt in many different ways. Some of them for some people are of course…
Aftermath and Prologue. Spring 2020
It was early March. The rain seemed finally to have stopped, a least for a while, and I decided, as…
2 in 1 at the end of the year.
Different things, but with a definite biological link! We have in the garden the stump of an old apple tree…
RHS Harlow Carr in December
The last visit of 2019 and the series completed. Our membership continues and we shall I feel sure come back…
Jean Sibelius
I have been trying for a while now to get my head around the music of the great Finnish master,…
RHS Harlow Carr in November
We’re well into Autumn now, with Winter just around the corner and, so it feels anyway, approaching fast. The gardens…
RHS Harlow Carr in October.
Thoroughly autumn now of course – though nonetheless beautiful for all that. We may yet have been a little early…
Berwick upon Tweed: October 2019
Kay and I spent a long weekend just north of Berwick, partly in celebration of her birthday. We know that…
RHS Harlow Carr in September
Meteorologically autumn, but still feeling like summer on a lovely, blue-skied day. The gardens are still full of life and…
Scarborough, North Bay, 5.9.19
We’ve been to Scarborough many times, but this was in fact our first visit to the North Bay. Parking was…