No, I'm not being obscene. We had two of these in the house/conservatory today. It is a rather large Crane Fly. Crane Flies normally have clear, rather boring, wings; but not this one. We think that this particular species, Tipula maxima, is rather attractive. I can imaginge that many people would think that they might sting or bite […]
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- From Iron to Copper – Day 1
- Dally in the Valley
- Barry Baguley from/near Coggeshall
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- Spring? Who’s kidding who?
- Galanthus Galore
- An earth-shattering experience.
- A nice little surprise!
- Happy Christmas
- Walls of water
- A Grave Incident
- If at first you don’t succeed …
- Castle to Canal
- Carnival Capers
- Moor and More
- Nature’s Kaleidoscope
- Black and White Villages and an Arrow – Part 2.
- Black & White Villages and an Arrow – Part 1.
- Tipula maxima
- March through the Arch
- The Other End – Day 4
- The Other End – Day 3
- The Other End – Day 2
- The Other End – Day 1
- The Last Castle
- Reservoirs, Roads and Rails
- Keep time
- Sun, Signals and Sabrina
- Ludlow and Leintwardine
- To England and back
- Tickets by the yard
- A well decorated footpath
- Time to catch a tram
- Another New Year – 2017
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- A frosty reception
- Houses, Water and Fungi
- Today’s special Offa
- Autumn 2
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- Medieval Mischief
- Keeping our trip on track
- Little legs and Little Wheels
- Up and Down and Round and About.
- Chains, Chapters and a Challenge
- There will now be a short intermission
- A devil of a walk
- ‘Hello Dolley’ then ‘Up, Up and Away’
- How not to plan a trip
- Squaring the circle
- The quietest place under the sun
- An Offa we couldn’t refuse
- First find
- New place, First walk
- Here be dragons
- Happy Christmas
- Is there Much Wenlock?
- mTicket to Ride
- Dial-a-ferry
- Following the stones
- Tunnels, tribulations and lots of time.
- A rather fowl walk
- Today’s the day!
- Happy Christmas to everyone
- Here it comes again!
- Return from Rotherhithe
- A tall story
- Strand-ed
- Today I was at Liberty to do as I liked.
- We have a Tate à Tate and Barry goes to heaven.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Wednesday.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Tuesday.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Monday.
- I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Sunday.
- A Rampart surprise
- More of the same but more of the difference.
- Time for a Change, some Oxo and a secret!
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugley
- Cold Turkey
- It’s Friday – so it must be Paddington to St. Pancras
- Today I met a Saxon earl.
- Off the Wall and Mind the Gap
- Ancients in an ancient town
- They don’t come any shorter
- Happy Christmas
- A journey in reverse.
- From plain glass to stained glass.
- An elephant’s tentacles and some pickled moles.
- Eastbourne PS (I forgot)
- Cow Gap
- A Musical Soiree
- The view from Platform 1
- Time and Tide
- An adventure – should I?
- Lynn – Day 4
- Lynn – Day 3
- Lynn – Day 2
- Lynn – Day 1
- Lynn – Prologue
- Bright, Brighter, Brighton – Day Two
- Bright, Brighter, Brighton – Day One
- A high speed trip.
- Our trip is at an end.
- Better late than never.
- Medieval, Monumental and Modern
- I’m just a little flower
- What’s the rush?
- Trains, Cranes and Cobbles
- Spring is sprung, the grass is ris
- Snow and Software
- Don’t mention the weather!
- Plan A or Plan B?
- We are Siamese if you don’t please.
- The New Year starts with a bang!
- Happy Christmas to you all
- Cosy
- It’s a jungle out there!
- Everyone should have one!
- We are siamese if you plea-ease
- Second time lucky.
- Under an Essex sky
- And now for something slightly different.
- And now for something completely the same.
- Paws for thought
- 1,2,3,4,5 – Right, that’s enough!
- This really was Nasty.
- The Republic of Texas
- Rock and Water – Day 6
- Rock and Water – Day 5
- Rock and Water – Day 4
- Rock and Water – Day 3
- Rock and Water – Day 2
- Rock and Water – Day 1
- Rock and Water
- The best laid plans of mice and men . . . .
- T-pot
- Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Thursday
- Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Wednesday
- Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Tuesday
- A narrow perspective
- A very wet drought
- The Prospect of Whitby, Captain Kidd and the Town of Ramsgate
- The trip that nearly wasn’t.
- A March march
- Angle Shades
- My New Torch
- On top of the world
- Stairs, reflections and sunlight.
- A few statistics.
- Happy Christmas
- So, was it muddy?
- We talk about it all the time.
- Living with an old fossil
- A Mere interlude – Day 4
- A Mere diversion – Day 3
- A Mere peregrination – Day 2
- A Mere jaunt – Day 1
- A later date.
- Nothing!
- A tale of two mugs
- Yesterday we walked four feet
- Tudor Turrets and Topiary
- Cucumber Alley
- A pile of words
- Kew 2 – The route march!
- Somewhere …..
- 75%
- Two big buildings and a steep hill
- Round the world in a day.
- To Babylon and back.
- Today we had visitors; about 25,000 of them!
- England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Wednesday.
- England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Tuesday.
- England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Monday
- He said “Let there be Blue”
- Down among the tulips something stirred.
- Gloom, Gloom, Gloom – It’s official.
- Just to show that people don’t always avoid us.
- A Non Event
- 2.92 miles
- Happy Christmas
- Winter Solstice 2010
- Nature’s Colour Palette
- Pas de Deux
- The same but different!
- Picture this!
- You won’t see me photographing this in summer
- Dove of Piece
- I’m going to have to use the ‘F’ word!
- For Sale: Pair of Olde English Legs – only one careful owner.
- Hungry? Time for a Sandwich.
- British Weather – What happened to Summer?
- Here today, not gone tomorrow
- Technology – Part Two
- Technology – Part One
- A monumental trip.
- Anyone want a bit of a buzz?
- Living on the edge.
- This is getting toadally absurd.
- An imposter, tea for two but it’s all Greek to me.
- A round, another round and around.
- The Birds and the Bees
- Unlucky for some?
- Ouch!
- Compost and Concrete
- Taking the bull by the horns.
- Missed it again!
- A power station that isn’t and a wobble that isn’t.
- A Capital Trip – Tower Hill
- A Capital Trip – Greenwich
- A Capital Trip – Docklands
- Toad of Toad Hall
- Red, White and Blue
- 2010 – Preparations start.
- First ya see it then ya don’t
- Walking in circles
- Gobbledygook!
- Zoom and Bloom
- We’re not the only ones.
- Beaky’s back.
- Have you noticed?
- ‘Beaky’ and friend.
- It’s that day again.
- Two days later!
- Grey, cold and dismal
- Was it or wasn’t it?
- Up the tube without a camera.
- Bird’s Nests
- The Art of Wool Making
- Oh dear – winter again.
- Down South – Day 4 – Sunday 27th Sept.
- Down South – Day 3 – Saturday 26th Sept.
- Down South – Day 2 – Friday 25th Sept.
- Down South – Day 1 – Thursday 24th Sept.
- Latest trip.
- You’ve heard of ‘Gold Finger’ – What about ‘Goldhanger’?
- The Winton Train
- Bank Holiday
- Springs and Things.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Homeward Bound.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Two rings and a spire.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: A holy house and a giant stairway.
- Oxon-Hants-Wilts: A non-view, a smithy that isn’t and horses for courses.
- An English Summer with a vengence
- Road Names
- Yes and No
- Will we be lucky?
- Blooming Marvellous!
- A step too far.
- It’s ‘B’ time again!
- Snaking through Epping Forest
- Six tired legs.
- Chaos reigns
- The Chilterns: A woodland interlude – Day 3
- The Chilterns: Follies Galore – Day 2
- The Chilterns: A beacon in an ancient landscape – Day 1
- Two years ago.
- March in, Spring up, Step out.
- ‘Birdie’ again
- Stumped!
- Happy Christmas
- Amanda’s Foot – Part 3
- A peek at a porch with panache.
- A Door into History
- Thereby hangs a tail!
- Amanda’s Foot – Part 2
- A Geriatric Computer
- Amanda is for the chop!
- A book cover village
- Messing about
- Cervine and Feline
- It’s that funny rain again.
- Ghost bird
- A grey day
- Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.
- Dark, wet and underground – what could be nicer?
- Wells – Days 5 & 6 (Thursday & Friday)
- Wells – Day 4 (Wednesday)
- Wells – Day 3 (Tuesday)
- Wells – Days 1 & 2 (Sunday & Monday)
- Singing in the rain!
- Time and Space
- Mud and Lavender
- You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear!
- Can the world survive this?
- Big Sky – Small Fry
- Yellow Spikes and Purple Haze
- Towering over Tollesbury.
- Deer me!
- Stone, stone and more stone.
- We’re off again.
- Hip, Hip, Hoo Rye
- A Sussex Sojourn
- Heaven and Earth
- Trans-Atlantic Friends – Part 2
- Mystery Bird
- Cups, Locks and Ducks
- Houses through the ages.
- Wood, Water and Webbed feet.
- Ups and Downs – Day 3.
- Ups and Downs – Day 2.
- Ups and Downs – Day 1.
- Surfing the Web
- We have seen the light!
- Salami and Chips – Part 2
- Yorkshire and the Great North Road
- Salami and chips
- Summer for a day
- Mid-summer madness!
- Walking on cobbles
- Water, water and more water.
- The naked truth and a can of worms.
- Time and tide wait for no man
- The Peak District – Day 4
- The Peak District – Day 3
- The Peak District – Day 2
- Peak of perfection
- Trans-Atlantic friends
- A quick visit
- Lavenham again
- Lavenham here we come!
- Feelin’ Blue
- Angels, Windmills and Porridge
- Today we celebrate!
- Two churches and a wood.
- Another day, another wood.
- Dressed to impress
- Cottage and Castle
- Flowers and Houses
- Time is of the essence
- Spring has un-sprung!
- Distant Horizons
- Spring has sprung
- World domination
- New year plans
- Gloom with a view
- Let there be light
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- Autumn Jewels
- Autumn has arrived!
- Winter – here we come!
- Colours? What colours?
- Another visit to Copford Green Church
- A visit from the Admiral
- Extra mural activities.
- A promenade in the park.
- A Sunny September Interlude
- Going up in the world.
- Gallivanting is hard work!
- Talking point.
- Size does matter
- Back again
- Lessons learned
- Norwich – Thursday 15th June 2006
- Back home again
- Norwich – Wednesday
- Norwich – Tuesday
- We got there in the end!
- Something I didn’t know!
- Can it get any worse?
- A rather prickly subject
- “Edged-halved and bridled scarf” – pardon?
- The V.I.P. treatment!
- No rest for the wicked!
- A short visit to Maldon
- Head in the clouds
- Barking mad!
- It’s nice to know!
- Orchids galore!
- Our next trip
- It had to happen!
Browsing Posts tagged Wild Animals
The Other End – Day 3
16 May 2017 at 8:38 am
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Wake up. Draw curtains. Wall to wall sunshine again. Whoopee. Another nice, relaxed breakfast. Today we are going back to the bus station and catching the same bus again but we are going a little farther this time; a 20 minute journey. We alight at the first bus stop after the bus turns away from the […]
The Other End – Day 2
14 May 2017 at 7:13 pm
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We wake up early on the first morning in our hotel. A bit too early as it turns out. It is 5:00 AM and we have been woken by the extractor in our bathroom starting up very noisily. It seems to have a mind of its own as there doesn't seem to be any logic […]
Squaring the circle
5 May 2016 at 6:50 pm
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Another sunny day. Another dash for the car. Another zooming off to somewhere. This time it was Radnor Forest which is 10 miles (or 20 minutes) from home. The nearest village is New Radnor and it's called 'New' Radnor because it was new when it was built in Medieval times to replace Old Radnor. We […]
A rather fowl walk
19 February 2015 at 12:39 pm
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Some friends of ours (yes we have friends) visited us yesterday and it was a lovely sunny day so we went off for a walk. We parked a car at the proposed end of our walk and drove off towards our intended starting point. We went via an Indian Restaurant first for lunch in a […]
T-pot
2 June 2012 at 9:02 am
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In this case T for toad. Amanda was growing some Chrysanthemum cuttings in a greenhouse and one of the flower pots obviously looked to be a desirable residence if you happen to be a toad. Never mind if the cutting is a bit squashed. Drives you potty!
Snaking through Epping Forest
21 April 2009 at 8:12 pm
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Today was a lovely sunny day so we took ourselves off to Epping Forest. We went to an area known as Almshouse Plain and after a little walking we arrived at Cuckoo Brook which snakes its way along the bottom of its shallow valley. The rather tortuous route is known as meandering and the individual […]
Deer me!
8 June 2008 at 5:39 pm
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We arrived back from Stamford last Monday after another good trip. The weather wasn't all good but we had enough sun to get some good pictures. On the way up we stopped off at Houghton – a small village between St. Ives and Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire. A very pretty village with some thatched cottages and […]
A rather prickly subject
28 May 2006 at 6:44 pm
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We saw this little chap (or chapess) in the garden today. We do see them from time to time but as they are nocturnal it’s unusual to see them out looking for food in broad daylight. It looked very healthy but we thought it wise to supplement it’s diet with a large portion of our […]
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