Scotland In Spring!

| 13th June 2024

Well, it’s that time of year again, and I’ve been to Scotland to visit my sister and her husband, first of the year.

Skye

| 2nd June 2024

In July 2010, somewhere in Scotland, a litter of labrador puppies was born. Several weeks later my sister and her husband, who were looking to get 2 dogs, went to see them.

R.I.P. Millie

| 8th January 2024

Yesterday my sister and her husband had to say goodbye to their oldest sheep Millie, following a suspected stroke.

Where Am I ?

| 23rd August 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote about how I’ve become a volunteer for a local hedgehog rescue charity, ‘Shelley Hedgehogs’. If you’re interested in reading about their work I can recommend their Facebook page, which is updated regularly with photos and progress reports.

Lacerta Vivipara Flexilis

| 27th June 2023

As a regular gardener I have dug up a few ‘interesting’ things over the years.

It’s Only Been 69 Years!

| 15th June 2023

No, not since my last post, though I accept I have been absent for a while, but in fact 69 years is how long it’s taken me to see a fox! Hard to believe I know, particularly given where I’ve lived in the last 25 years, but there we are.

And Then There Was One

| 1st November 2022

When I moved here a little over 2 years ago I had 3 cats. Poppy, Grayson and Suki.

Scotland

| 21st September 2022

I’ve been to Scotland again, sadly I arrived on the day the Queen passed away, which put a bit of a damper on things. However, we did go to lots of lovely places, and the weather was kind to us too.

Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow

| 1st July 2022

It’s a little-known fact that my brother-in-law, Scottish Graham, a Dewsbury lad born and bred, once had a conversation with Betty Boothroyd in a hairdressers whilst she was having her hair done. Baroness Boothroyd as she is now has always fascinated me, moving as she did from humble beginnings in a Yorkshire market town to […]

70 Years And Counting

| 2nd June 2022

It’s hard not to be impressed and moved by today’s Jubilee celebrations. I spent an enjoyable morning ironing to the Trooping of the Colour followed by the magnificent fly past over Buckingham Palace. Us Brits are pretty good at that kind of thing.