There was a woodlouse crawling down my bedroom wall at 8am, Soot (known as the furry alarm clock at this time of day) had just got off my bed and was having his breakfast, it was a bit misty outside, and I started stirring the porridge with the radio on – and heard the headlines. … Continue reading A little meet-up with new arrivals in the town…

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…