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Has Spring Sprung…Part 2.

So much for the theory that Spring started in February! The last few days of March have been a blast – that is if you like cold and frosts and 4-6 cm of snow. Otherwise it has been horrible. Of … Continue reading

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Backache…

I’m sure I’ve moaned about this before somewhere on this blog but I have yet again my chronic back pain has flared up. The truth is is that there is nothing medieval science can do to help me as it … Continue reading

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Cold Feet, Widgeon and Green Woodpeckers….

It was the first dawn of the cold spell that is heading our way for the next few days and it was just me, a couple of friendly dogs, a Green Woodpecker and a few Wigeon. The wigeon are easy … Continue reading

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Nightowl…

Here we go again…a few days of respite and I am again feeling ‘under the weather’. Long Covid or something else? I don’t know but the one thing it has meant is, for various reasons, I am out walking the … Continue reading

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It’s wet but not cold…

Only a few weeks ago this pond was bone dry… now it’s not Such is the crazy world we now live in.

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Post COVID…

That was two weeks I’ll never get back but I have come out the otherside with few apparent long term issues (this may be tempting providence…I hope not but…). During this time of isolation I have sat about a lot … Continue reading

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A Bit Retro…

There was a time when the iPhone wasn’t lorded as a great camera and I loved it for that. However, today we are told that the latest iPhone is as good as a ‘real‘ camera, spoiler – they’re not. What … Continue reading

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Testing Times….

None of us know what tomorrow will bring so it best to try and carry on your life as best you can. For me that meant trying out my new APS-C lens. It is quite a while since I used … Continue reading

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Then there were 3….

Turn your back for just a minute and the council has come in a chopped down one of your most photographed trees! This was just two days before. Of course I am sure that this had been planned weeks ago … Continue reading

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End of Summer – Part 1….

The last day of summer, at least here in Britain, and I thought I would make the passing with a series of images ( I know hardly groundbreaking!) that I captured in the last days of Summer.

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