Author Archives: Martin

Walking by the Severn Estuary near Pilning with Sally and Lucy,  one of my companions infomed me that this lichen on the sea defence boulders is called Xanthoria:

The same photograph, with different “post-production” (taken after boozy evening at The Colston Arms):  

Walking along the beach near Burnham-on-Sea, we noticed a slightly ominous-looking Hinkley Point nuclear power station several miles away in the mist across the bay on the North Somerset coast.

A combination of weather conditions – the “beast from the east” and Storm Emma – has resulted in us being plunged back into Winter, ironically on the first day of meteorological Spring. We were under a Yellow Snow Warning (a … Continue reading →

Lucy has been joining me on runs with the Bristol Hash. She’s not keen on other dogs, preferring to chase sticks if anyone will throw them, but she is sort of making friends with a few regulars. Here we are … Continue reading →

Despite a cold night, frog spawn in our pond! Hurrah! Not long now. The little fellas stand a better chance this year as Lucy is doing a reasonably good job keeping the garden free of cats.

A cold day in deep mid-Winter. The Severn Railway Bridge used to cross the Sharpness canal then the River Severn, ending on the west bank at Lydney, before it was damaged by a shipping accident in 1960 and dismantled a … Continue reading →