A walk round Badbury Rings
Rod, Tilly and myself took a few hours away from gardening (me), restoring a Chevrolet (Rod) and Tilly sleeping, and went up to Badbury Rings in the morning for a walk. As it was mid June we were hoping to see plenty of Butterflies, unfortunately it was a little windy
Alner’s Gorse
It’s now early June and I have my garden under control at last, always something to do but I decided that it could wait while I went for a trip to Alner’s Gorse Butterfly Reserve. It’s only about 20 minutes drive away from home so it was worth a visit
Misty Morning
The last day of May turned out very misty in the morning so Tilly and I ventured up to Okeford Hill to see what it was like. I was hoping for mist in the woods and sunlight coming through the trees, unfortunately it was cloudy with no sun and the
Flowers, Early May
I enjoy it when all the spring flowers start to come out, every day there is something new to see and suddenly everything starts to look colourful. I do love the Cow Parsley lining all the roads with it’s airy foliage and flowers. The one above has a male Orange
Visit to Somerset
In late April the weather suddenly changed from winter to spring and everything started to grow. We decided to take a trip to Somerset for a few days. It ended up very warm but we still managed to see quite a lot as we enjoyed our break. We stayed at
Deer Stalking.
I was busy in the garden on Sunday and when my friend Judy phoned asking me if I would like to go Deer stalking. It was one of those rare sunny afternoons that we had in short supply this winter. I couldn’t say no as she was going to a
To the coast
The weather hasn’t been to good from the beginning of January so when it looked promising we decided to take a trip to Portland and Weymouth for the day. I was hoping to see the Short Eared Owls on Portland but unfortunately when we got there it was very windy
Visit to Arne
We hadn’t visited Arne for a while so with the promise of a nice day we decided to take a trip to see what was about. As always we had no expectations it’s always a lovely walk over the heath and along Shipstal overlooking Poole Harbour. There were certainly plenty