Those of you who followed this blog during the first days of lockdown last year may remember my post about The Elms, a rather grand house in Fitzroy Park. It had been in a sad state of disrepair in the 1990s when I first came across it (indeed, it had got onto the ‘buildings at …
Working with Heath Hands
I would hesitate to say that the steamingly hot mug of tea and handful of biscuits that you get half way through your gardening session (here being dispensed by the lovely Ash in the Hill Garden) is the main attraction of working with Heath Hands – but it certainly puts a kick in your spade! …
Save our water voles!
Any of you Wind in the Willows fans? If so I am sure you will know that Ratty (seen here chortling away with Mole in Philip Mendoza’s delightful sketch) was a water vole, not really a rat at all although water voles were often called water rats – or water dogs! But Ratty’s descendants are …
Funghi
I came across these images of funghi that I had found while out and about around the heath over the last few weeks – and wanted to share. Most had vanished within 48 hours, often within 24.
A day out in Greenwich
Tuesday was such a perfect late autumn day that I decided to down tools and go on an expedition. Where to go? Somewhere which would offer both nice walking and something interesting to see. Greenwich seemed a no brainer. In fact, Greenwich offers so much to see that I could have been there a week …
Kenwood gears up for Christmas
No, this doesn’t look very like Christmas, does it. The last flurry of autumn colour on the Kenwood lawns soon to host a serious Christmas show. But all around the house, preparations are well under way. Up by the Stable block, a huge lorry park has been created. At the entrance to house massive wooden …