On the morning 12th January there was a little respite with the rain and I woke up to clear skies, I decided on a walk along the North Dorset Trailway from Shillingstone as I didn’t really want to plod through the muddy paths, the Trailway is relatively dry and mud

I have heard recently that the Otters are back on the Stour in Blandford so I have been down for a number walks hoping to see them, once around dawn, but having spent a fair time walking up and down I haven’t been lucky as yet and of course the

I decided I would take my new Olympus camera out with me for my morning walk, I’m too late for the sunrise at the moment as it’s getting earlier, it will be an extra special effort for me to get out then at the moment. I’m happy with 6am but

March came “In like a Lion” as the old saying goes, we’ve been subjected to bouts of high winds and rain, all the paths are tricky to walk on, I’m just hoping March “Goes out like a Lamb”, the forecast for the next couple of weeks looks promising so hopefully