Author Archives: Martin

We haven’t walked around Ashton Court, a large estate owned by Bristol City Council but actually in North Somerset, since early March, due to you-know-what. Nice to be back. This view of the house shows warehouses and factories behind it … Continue reading →

It’s a race with the blackbirds! Sally has used some old net curtains (when did we ever have net curtains?) to protect a few branches of our cherry tree, but the rest have to be picked quickly to avoid avian … Continue reading →

About half an hour off high tide.

Now we are allowed to use cars to get to beauty spots, we didn’t really want to contribute to the chaos on the roads, but, as it’s Sunday, felt we should do something special. In the end, we did an … Continue reading →

Without the allotment we’ve had to use every area of the garden. Summer wouldn’t seem the same without home-grown courgettes, peas, beans, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, chard, currents, figs, strawberries, plums, raspberries, cherries, pears, rhubarb. I’ve forgotten some. All down to … Continue reading →

Apart from a few trips to local supermarkets, we haven’t driven anywhere for two months. It’s been quite nice in many ways.  But today we braved the outside world and went to Uphill, south of Weston-super-Mare, an old favourite of … Continue reading →

Too late for any residents this year, but I’ve amused myself by making a sparrow bird terrace out of some left-over decking.

A daily challenge is to find slightly different variations on our standard walks from home. We are very lucky in that we are close to the coast, three nature reserves, woodlands and a popular lake as well as the, mostly closed, … Continue reading →

The greenhouse is fantastic in many ways, but occasionally you wonder if its worth it. This beautiful little goldfinch flew in and, presumably, knocked himself out trying to find the way out.