winter comes!
The clocks have gone back, the rain has come and the fires are lit: it must be winter. Other signs are the arrival of fieldfares, their clacking calls carrying across the wide downland fields, and the flocks of skylarks that are hopping through the stubbles. This autumn we have had wonderful colours in the leaves [...]
Blistering Weekend
Its been a blistering weekend. The mornings have been misty, with the first rays of the sun slanting through the combes which throb with wood pigeons. The grasslands are still purple with knapweed, providing a late season bonanza for bumblebees. Although we have had mid-summer temperatures, it is definitely autumn. The seasonal paint brush has [...]