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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Doctor’s Orders
“How do you get to work?” – “I drive” – “Well that’s no good, you’ll have to take the train so that you can get a walk in each day.” So with that sound advice ringing in my ears, I … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Trees, Walking, Warton Crag, Wildflowers
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Unfurled
The day after we returned from Cornwall (so over a week ago now – as ever, I’m way behind) I took A and B for a walk in Eaves Wood. Of course they were there to climb trees and to … Continue reading
Posted in Eaves Wood, Grasses, Leaves, Spiders, Trees, Wildflowers
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Scurvygrass
Like Alexanders, not common in this area but abundant in north Cornwall, and also once grown in kitchen gardens. We saw it around Tintagel and elsewhere near sea-cliffs. As the name suggests, it was prized for its vitamin C. … Continue reading
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Alexanders
Not something that we find growing in this neck of the woods, but in north Cornwall thriving on unshaded road verges. Once a staple of kitchen gardens, and apparently a native of the Mediterranean introduced by the Romans. In ‘Food … Continue reading
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Tintagel
On our drive down in the car we had listened to tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table so an early visit to Tintagel seemed appropriate. Our visit to began with a picnic in the garden … Continue reading
An Early Morning Walk
Our first morning at Woodford started very early, a consequence of general excitement and the very thin curtains which let the morning sun stream into our rooms. South of the farmhouse the fields dropped away into a steeply wooded valley … Continue reading
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Floral Dance
Down in Cornwall everything was a little ahead of home, so that there were even more spring flowers to enjoy. The distinctive banked hedgerows were home to many flowers, particularly primroses which were almost ubiquitous. Elsewhere the primroses were mixed … Continue reading
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Woodford Week
“You’ve got a good tan. Which part of the world have you been to and how did you get back through the volcanic ash?” Last week we were away in sunny Cornwall, in a holiday cottage attached to a working … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Snaps, Woodford
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Signs of Spring
It’s surely March of which it is said: “In like a lion, out like a lamb.”, but the first of April, after a dodgy forecast, had turned out sunny and surprisingly mild when, in the late afternoon, clouds suddenly gathered … Continue reading
