It was the second of our two nights in this hotel in the French city of Lille, I’d been awake for around 2 hours in the night, had eventually got back to sleep, and it was about 6.45am, and was pouring outside, and traffic noise was extremely loud when I woke up again. Down in … Continue reading This year’s birthday adventure…

I was woken up at 5am in this London hotel, had Happy Birthday said to me and told I would need to keep my balance in the shower; 30 minutes later I was fully dressed, it was still mostly dark outside – but I could see the lights of cranes everywhere on the skyline, traffic … Continue reading A look back at my birthday last year…

There's always a lot to photograph while harvesting! https://youtu.be/vhu5CkxU22o

When the car was left, I could feel a few spots of rain, and a tunnel with fish painted all over the inside walls preceded more roads, and as we neared the halls of the National Exhibition Centre – a queue was building up between metal railings. Those were wiggled round; inside, a man with … Continue reading A great day at Gardeners World Live…

We left the room at 9.16am; and outside, a very traditional Cockney accented London cabbie (late 40s, thin)… (Wikipedia - an explanation of Cockney) … with Lego figures on his dashboard (which I complimented – and he said his son made them to brighten his day) told us that the tube station was a couple … Continue reading A look around Kew Botanical Gardens…

It was the 10.49am train to London that we boarded – and once on it, my mother wanted to sit in the quiet zone, so when the train next moved, absolutely nothing was audible from the 4 other people in it; the train driver seemed to like hooting the horn a lot, the windows were … Continue reading 36 hours in London…

At 7:00 AM this morning, the household was all awake, with me back on my bed with Soot the 20 year old cat (who’d got us up early), having said hello to our 2 quite elderly chickens (Holly was laying an egg, and Willow was in the run). I scratched Soot’s ears a bit before … Continue reading A bee trail…

I was just about awake at 5:30 AM, five minutes after sunrise, and decided to open my bedroom door when yowling started and then the 20 year old cat remained flopped upon me on my bed for another 40 minutes. It was 13 degrees Celsius when I said good morning to the 2 chickens at … Continue reading The Coronation street party held here…

The first morning staying with these relatives of ours (day 6 of this 7 day trip) began with a dog walk, which I decided to join – and it got set off on at 9.07am – in rather cold temperatures, things were a bit misty outside, and the walk went through a quite posh looking … Continue reading A brief trip to Peterborough and a quick stay with relatives…