A wonderful outing to the headquarters of the Magic Circle, with nearly all the family (sadly Ricky was ill and he and Rachel couldn’t do it), but Hannah and all but one of her lot, […]
personal service
Things to do with toothpicks 3. Another gem from Liz L – this is re-writing Yorkshire for me. We don’t get things like this down south (at least I haven’t ever come across one, for […]
gwyneth’s birthday outing
A slightly early 93rd birthday celebration – a trip to the National Trust’s Ashridge Estate, preceded by an enormous pub lunch. There’s a monument to the Duke of Bridgewater, Father of the Inland Waterways, with […]
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 […]
basket case
Things to do with toothpicks 2. Have I got it right? A tiny shopping basket from Liz L in Yorkshire – it’s taken us a bit of time to work out its function, but I […]
weird underground
An Artangel project by Daniel Silver in a huge building site on Grafton Way – once an Odeon, now a development site belonging to UCLH. The Chinese terracotta army aren’t Chinese, and the Roman busts […]
more great colour
Cousin Polly (or Cecilia) and her husband Mark were over from California, and turned up with a bunch of brilliant red flowers whose name I have gone completely blank over. They weren’t red on the […]
escape to lyme 3
Ambling back along the coast, via West Bay and Hive beach (complete with swim and crab sandwiches from the cafe). Escape from Poundbury On the way back we drove into Prince Charles’s dream village/town – […]
escape to lyme 2
The mist came down and stayed at tree-top-height all day, making the walk from Seaton along the undercliff quite weird. It’s a 7-mile stretch of cliff to the west of Lyme which had a series […]
escape to lyme 1
As probably the last possible opportunity for campervan trips this season, down to Lyme Regis for the weekend. Eleanor Coade was given a house here which she decorated lavishly with her Coade stone. It’s falling […]