Monthly Archives: April 2020

I make the vegetable planter (that’s the easy bit), Sally sows the courgette seeds in the greenhouse, nurses them along, pots them up, fills the planter with last-year’s compost, plants the seedlings, waters them in, and then, blow me down, … Continue reading →

Another fabulous day in lockdown! The weather continues to taunt us. The campervan waits, eagerly, for its chance to whisk us off to distant holiday destinations.

The dexter cattle, the luckiest, happiest cattle on earth, who put in stirling work controlling the grass on Walton Common, have been escaping. They have been losing their electronic collars, which administer a mild electric “reminder” when they stray over … Continue reading →

People in apartments near us have a trainer who stands on a pontoon on the marina and, with the aid of a microphone, brings everyone onto their balconies at 11:00am for a workout. Some, those with no shame, are still … Continue reading →