Night time in the garden
The Hedgehog is still coming in regularly for the food we leave out for her, slowly getting earlier as the nights draw in a little each night. Kim and I are often glued to the conservatory door waiting for her to sprint across the patio! Somebody else for me to
Mid August
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 20:08 BST The sun is now rising about the same time as I get up in the morning and the nights are creeping in. Still plenty to look forward to out walking although the weather is very changeable. I think autumn has already arrived with heavy rainfall,
Friday 14th August
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:32 The days are starting to shorten, not too much yet, but this morning it feels like autumn/winter the rain that we have been promised has at last arrived and we have had over an inch during the night and it’s still raining. A good chance to
Early August
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 20:55 BST We are into August now and the weather is getting to be a little like autumn, we have had some very cold mornings close to a frost and other days when we have had uncomfortable winds that make you want to stay indoors. I do
Sunday 26th July
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 21:02 BST After a lovely day yesterday the weather has settled in for rain most of the day. Yesterday was a wonderful sunny day. In the afternoon I took a walk on Hambledon Hill. It is very dry but there are still a few wild flowers on
Friday 10th July
We had to take our car to be serviced so while we were out we decided to take a detour to Radipole Lake in Weymouth. We wanted to take a look at the farthest hide on the reserve, the North hide to see what was about. When we got there
Monday 6th July
The weather has cooled a bit but still pleasant on our early morning walk. I had a treat this morning I thought I was watching the Swallows skimming the meadows at Bere Marsh Farm when I realised that what I was looking at were a flight of Swifts, there were