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  1. Into the woods

    26 Nov 2022
    It’s dark outside. Dawn is an hour or so away and I’m sitting here looking across at my cat, who is looking longingly out of the window, into the gloom; he can probably see what’s out there, but I can’t. I’m heading out later to a favourite place, and although…

  2. New Places

    23 Oct 2022
    We’ve been in our new home now for just over four months. Much of my spare time since the move has been spent on the less satisfying elements of shaping a new garden: endless sawing, hacking and trips to the tip to dispose of, mostly, leylandii; then there was the…

  3. Too Much of a Good Thing?

    26 Aug 2022
    It rained yesterday: a steady drizzle, more or less non-stop until mid-afternoon. Water butts in the garden were filled and I sat and watched cricket on the television (no rain at Old Trafford) without guilt We always moan about the weather, don’t we? But what started as a nice, warm…
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