A few of my photos since France (in total, there's been 119 photos since that trip) ----> This was the technique used to attempt some apple harvesting - due to the height and awkward position of them (using a walking stick to wobble the branches and then catching them in a rug... ...... and it's … Continue reading Celebrating Autumn…

It was found, and I was told this place was called La Grand Place; and I saw Dunkin Donuts, Pret A Manger, The Belgian Chocolate Factory, and Starbucks while wandering around in search of the metro part of the station, signs continued to be horrendous, and eventually – a taxi rank was found. My mother's … Continue reading This years birthday adventure continued…

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…