Monthly Archives: May 2024

We Have A New Toy…

It’s something that is tremendously exciting and tells us if the birds are happy, sort of. It’s an app on my phone that cleverly recognises birdsong and tells us what we have. This is super-important because we can kind of … Continue reading

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Flower Moon

This week we have another full moon to contend with. It’s called the Flower Moon because it coincides with an abundance of flowers finally bursting into life as we see out the last few weeks of spring, and welcome summer. … Continue reading

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Northern Lights

We had the Northern Lights to admire this week. Thankfully there is no light pollution on our northern side and the view was magnificent. We met at the most southerly part today and strimmed back the path edge just 6 … Continue reading

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Green Explosion

This is the week where it goes absolutely mad. It really does feel like it would become a jungle if we just left it, which is no good for anybody except the David Bellamy types. The thought of all those … Continue reading

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May Day

This week, in fact, today, we celebrate May Day. The time of the year where young ladies and Morris Men dance around Maypoles up and down the villages of the UK, a May Queen is chosen, and green men lurk … Continue reading

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