How deeply undignified. It seems to be a temporary state for some Camden style festival, so I hope that next time I see them they will have reverted to their shiny black as befits cats […]
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borders exit
On Sunday it was freezing, and threatening to rain, so we opted for a leisurely return to London, stopping briefly in Hay-on-Wye for photo opportunities and for Robin to buy a hard-to-find out-of-print paperback. Such […]
garden birds
Now that the sun is out and spring seems to be here I have finally got around to starting to fix various of my creatures which have got damaged over the years. It’s very satisfying. […]
day of science and art (2)
It rained and it rained and the knee was still blunting saws, so I went to the Grant Museum of Zoology, a place I’d always meant to visit. Skeletons of pythons, wax models of foetuses […]
clive…
…is here while Marion is in Cologne, looking rather handsome with our nice newly-sprayed bike racks.
nearly toadkill
Our toad, which appears every five years or so, turned up again – but the poor thing had got tangled in the net which prevents starling raids on the grapes. A delicate rescue operation was […]
pelican hunt
Having arranged to meet Hannah to go marching, march we did, although it was probably the teensiest march other of us had been on after our representatives did what we would have wanted them to […]
malham with marion and maxie 2
Super-hot day for our walk to the tarn and cove – so the going was slow to cater for hot dog (and people). The most interesting route involved sheep, cows and stiles, none of which […]
malham with marion and maxie 1
To Malham for the weekend with Marion and Maxie. Maxie has more luggage than Marion, and Marion has more luggage than me, I think. B&B is very nice and we walk to Gordale Scar the […]