Hobbies
Cabot Tower and Brandon Hill
Recently I had to drop Master Reggie off at the Bristol Royal Infirmary for a hospital appointment and had a couple of hours to kill so I decided to revisit some places I hadn’t been [more…]
Photography
Cooking
A View From (Adjacent To) The Greenhouse; Rivers Of Blood….Innit?
It’s easy to get a little bit despondent, especially if you spend too much time focusing on the stories of doom and gloom that are drip fed to us, on a daily basis, by the [more…]
Democracy
A View (Miles Away) From The Greenhouse…The Reform Conundrum
I recently spent a long weekend in Llanberis celebrating my eldest daughters birthday, she chose the area because she wanted to climb Snowdon, which she did along with six of the other guests. I had [more…]
Diary
A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; It’s The Weather, Stupid!
I’m “penning” this missive a little earlier that I normally would, as I have a busy weekend coming up. Accordingly, it won’t be as up to date as I’d normally like, but I’m sure my [more…]
Culture
A View From (A Castle Near) The Greenhouse; Hobson’s Choice…….Innit?
Took a little trip out to Appleby Castle last week. It has a well preserved Norman keep and it’s trying very hard (though not, as yet, fully succeeding) to turn itself into an historical visitor [more…]
Culture
A View From They/Them Greenhouse; We’re All Non-Binary Now…..innit?
Things are moving on apace. The recent spell of decent weather’s seen a growth spurt right across the board, so much so that I have most of the tomatoes in the ground and there’s been [more…]
Cooking
A View From (Quite Near To) The Greenhouse; All Change, For More Of The Same
I may have mentioned, last time around, that the sheep are returned from their winter sojourn on the hills surrounding Patterdale and Glenridding. As yet we have only hogget in the back field, so the [more…]
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse; Doctors, Architects, Aspiring DJ’s
They keep turning up, farm implements of indeterminate age, mostly bladed and mostly without shafts. It seems unlikely that his particular scimitar like implement is either a sickle or scythe; I’m guessing it had a [more…]
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse; Turned Out Nice Again…..Innit?
On more than one occasion over recent years I’ve nursed (if that’s the right word) the odd bird back to health following collisions with the greenhouse. They’re either rushing to get at the strawberries, or [more…]