No, not Dorset this time – but Putney Heath where our good friend Catherine Rose has been taking pictures for us. Once upon a time Catherine was an award-winning gluten free baker, then she ran a café, then she was one of our awards cooks and now she is an awards judge – and – …
Bluebells and milkmaids
I had scarcely got home from photographing those early bluebells yesterday when an email arrived from Sarah with this carpet of bluebells which put mine entirely to shame… And then she sent this lovely view down one of their Dorset lanes, the verges lined with bluebells and milkmaids… Well, actually no – Sarah has just …
Forest schools
Dear All….. A walk in Belsize Park today but first….. If you enjoy our daily wanders round heath and you think that anyone you know who is currently hemmed in by their four walls – and has access to the internet – might enjoy them too, please forward them a link. Nice to share Hampstead …
Secret garden?
No, I haven’t been out on the heath today – I thought that on Easter Monday I should leave it to those not lucky enough to have a garden of their own – but I have done a bit of ivy hacking….. However, last week, on my way down my path from Hampstead Lane, I …
The garden
I promised Micki a tour of the new residence soon and, as I am ‘self-banning’ myself from the heath over the Easter weekend, I thought now was the moment. Although I am afraid that for today it is garden only as the house has been temporarily turned into a film studio so that I can …
Very early morning
I was on the heath at 7.30 this morning – and, on my path down from the road, the sun was almost blinding and the birds were ‘going it a treat’! (If you want to see the video you will need to click onto the blog as the email notification does not include the video.) …