Tag Archives: winter

Walk in the Park….

The first day of winter, a bloody cold one to welcome in the new season, found us walking through Victoria Park. We seem to have gained a couple of new monuments since the last time I was there.

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New Month…

A new month and new hopes? Perhaps. What I do know is that the 1st of February was a grey old winter’s day neither that cold nor that dry just one of those shrug of the shoulder days.

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Day out in Nottingham…

After the last few weeks we’ve had it was nice to get away for a few hours and enjoy some great art at the ever reliable Djanogly Gallery in Nottingham. The current exhibition, Sophie Ryder: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, is a … Continue reading

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Christmas Time in Nottingham….

Yesterday was a getting out day and so I rode an overcrowded tram into the centre of Nottingham to visit the latest exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery: Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary with my good … Continue reading

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Barbara’s Bridge…

It was bloody cold down by the River Humber and the Humber Bridge. The light was wonderful and it was well worth the trip. I have always thought that the bridge was a fitting memorial to one of the political … 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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TV is no Substitute for the Real Thing….

Yesterday was a lovely early Spring day and because of this the weather was a bit all over the place. One moment it was blue sky and sunshine the next grey skies rolled in with just a hint of dampness … Continue reading

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Ents…

Perhaps I’ve been spending far too much of time researching all things neolithic but walking around the park this afternoon I came across this fellow and it made me start to think of a much older time. A time when … Continue reading

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Coming Together….

Every now and then life throws one a convergence in the strands of one’s life. Yesterday was one of those days. Ever since Christmas I have been enveloped in a fascinating examination of Neolithic Leicestershire in general and stone axe … Continue reading

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