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Not very far, as Uphill is a suburb of Weston. But Lucy enjoyed a run on the beach on a lovely sunny day. Here, Steepholm island can be seen in the distance.

Not normally considered to be an exotic destination, but these are desperate lockdown (part three) times. Sally took these pictures of the River Severn estuary.

It’s party time in the garden pond. Masses of frog spawn seems to have survived the recent cold weather and now the parents are making the most of the last of their batchelor days.

Only Portishead, but on a nice lockdown day Lucy and I diverted from a standard walk to throw stones on her favourite beach. They’re ALL her favourite beach. Then, further on, we found a film company (with crane, green screen, … Continue reading →

Lynchings in Portishead? No, just some arborealists thinning out the small wood behind our garden.

There has been some bad flooding in other parts of the country and the ground here has been sodden for what seems like weeks. Storm Christoph added to the problems last night. Although no serious difficulties in our area, this … Continue reading →

A cold, cloudy, windy day in January. How about a swim? In the sea? Sally snapped this hardy group by the pier in Clevedon. From the same club that were pictured in the BBC1 television ident, by photographer, Martin Parr.

We’re not supposed to drive, at least not out of our local area, for anything other than a limited number of reasons, which doesn’t really include exercise. Our nearest walks, the Lake Grounds, Portishead Marina and Portbury Nature Reserve, are … Continue reading →

We’ve put a few new bird feeders in the garden. Word quickly gets around… Fortunately, there were some more conventional punters, including a greater-spotted woodpecker and many blue tits…