...being done early due to a 2 week adventure in Bali rapidly approaching. Some very creative little kids were turning the park into an art gallery! A quiet and sunny British countryside scene... A squirrel who'd gathered up a good amount of nuts - and was starting to nibble... and Mum lost conciousness out in … Continue reading Augusts top 10 photos…

When the car set off, it was 10.53am, 18°C, and with bright sun out; due to having my phone next to me while on the move - I noticed The College Of Policing just off Leamington Road; Allotment Drive was somewhere I forgot; St. Margarets church in Wolston had cows grazing around it; and at … Continue reading An outing with Uncle at Brandon Marsh

When we left the hotel we were staying at in Sunderland, it was 11am, sun was out, the A1231 was walked up, the traffic cones balanced on top of each other were passed; and a few more things I forgot before Park Lane Interchange – where there were lots of double decker buses, a few … Continue reading The return trip from Newcastle…

I learnt that this is a Leonberger! ...and this was an intriguing sculpture by a lake in a Midlands wildlife sanctuary (so not quite where you'd expect to see an elephant). The plant is cow parsley, and the insect's a soldier beetle... ...these are sprouting by the (partially collapsed) garden fence... ...and there's all sorts … Continue reading June’s top 10

It was 17°C with 58km/h gusts at 10.20am when the car moved, I had my wrist support on and I was trying to write while on the least bumpy bits of these country roads – one of which had a bloke on a motorbike wearing a pair of jogging bottoms that had mostly fallen off … Continue reading Adventures at Coombe Abbey

I discovered this is a yeast cake (also known as Bundt cake) - with a long history... These got me reading about hoverflies... ...and this bee was demonstrating its hovering skills for the camera. A nice mummy swan giving her cygnets a tour of Coombe Pool. This one was way too big for a tree … Continue reading The top 10 photos of May

We got off at the Paris Gare du Nord (and I discovered the battery had fallen out of my camera – so I started using my phone)... ...there was a long wiggly queue for taxis opposite a small gathering of people (a few of whom had brass instruments), we queued – while a trumpet was … Continue reading The next bit: Paris to Strasbourg