These are Sue Cane’s primroses – the hillside carpeted with them. Sue lives in a wonderful cottage on Forestry Commission land just outside Lyme Regis and her carpet of primroses will soon be replaced by a carpet of bluebells. Regular readers may remember that I spent an extremely enjoyable few days with her the winter …
Gardens
Back on the heath….
OK – so –what is he – or she? I could not find him/her in my Book of British Birds – but then I didn’t really know what I was looking for. But very friendly as he/she allowed me to get this close with just an iPhone – no long distance lenses. (Thank you, Tom …
Highgate School scores
This evening I went for my ‘permitted walk’ around Bishopswood Avenue which envelops many of Highgate School’s buildings and its extensive playgrounds – all deserted as a result of our current lock-down situation. And there may not have been any children on the premises – but there were some very lovely spring flowers. These super …
And down in Dorset….
And lest anyone should think that all the action was up here in London, my good friend Sarah Stacey just sent me these images from deepest Dorset. What is that amazing web around those buds? And here are her two elegantly retired horses, Keats and Big Boy, bonding after what looks like a rather good …
No sun – head for the sea….
It was a horribly grey damp day today so I fear I did not even make it to the heath. But, instead – how about these glorious beaches in the west of Ireland where I was last week. This is Mullaghmore – and amazingly, these calm flat beaches offer some of the best surfing in …
No sun today…..
There was no sun on the heath today – although belatedly I see a little bit of blue sky. But it was mild and amazingly, after all these years, I managed to get lost! It comes of having moved up to the heights of Highgate, far from the familiar lowlands of Parliament Hill and Belsize …