Martin Down & other places Part 1
The weekend from Friday 11th June promised to be a hot one and it certainly turned out to be that way. Rod’s niece, Elaine came for the weekend and we were hoping to spend some of the time bird watching. I was going to show her some local places where
Glow Worms
July is around the time for Glow Worms to be showing themselves, the females are trying to attract the males with their luminescent glow, so my friend an I decided to head up Hambledon hill on the 7th July to see if we could spot them. We went up just
Down the Lane!
The middle of May already and the lockdown has eased slightly but we haven’t felt inclined to travel further afield at the moment. The weather has been amazing throughout this spell and I for one am enjoying time in my garden. When I get a chance of a few moments
Weather again!
Well the rain and mild weather has continued up to the end of this week, 17th January and Storm Brendon left us with plenty of wet roads, more mud and the Stour over its banks once again. It has given me opportunity to take some nice atmospheric images in the
Glow Worm Hunting
What could be more leisurely than a climb up Hambledon Hill in the late evening to look for Glow Worms. My friend and I decided to go up the hill around 8.30pm and wait until dark to look for these creatures on 27th July. The weather looked good and we
Hambledon and Hod Hill
In the last week I have had a couple of walks up Hambledon Hill, one sunrise and one sunset and also a walk on Hod Hill for sunrise. Everywhere is looking lovely and green now although the Ash trees are still leafing up. The weather has been glorious at times
More Wildlife sightings and the Moon!
I’ve put a picture of the moon on here as we were expecting to see an eclipse and a Red Blood moon on Friday 27th July but it wasn’t to be as our heatwave decided to break on the Friday and the clouds rolled in making it impossible to see,
Around Home
I haven’t been very far in the last week or so, the weather has been very hot and bright and I have to admit it doesn’t agree with me so I stay indoors until it cools down in the evening. But Tilly and I still enjoy our early morning walks,