Tag Archives: Connecting With Nature
Tom Brown’s Schooldays
Another damp start as spring finally lets go, and we welcome a new season. The summer solstice takes place this weekend, and we look forward to long, hot days, warm nights, clear skies, and buzzing wildlife. It was a muggy … Continue reading
Jungle Time
Is it the start of summer? Some might say that the 1st June is indeed the start; however, I prefer to go by the Summer Solstice and work to the 21st June. At present, every bit of vegetation is growing … Continue reading
Scorchio
We seem to be in the middle of a superb hot spell, and it isn’t even Summer yet! We have had temperatures up to 34 C (93 F) with the added bonus of a Bank Holiday weekend. What’s not to … Continue reading
A bit of a mixed bag today…
It was a strung-out sort of day today. That makes it sound like we are all on drugs or something… Strung-out in the sense that we were very much spread apart. We had Marcus and Steve looking after a group … Continue reading
One Half of a Pincer Movement
Oh my days… I really don’t know what has happened to the weather. Last week, we felt like we were well on our way to warmer days as we nudged towards summer. This week, the temperature has crashed to about … Continue reading
The Connecting Path
Warmer weather is rolling in. Mornings are not quite so chilly and by about 11:30 am, we are knocking on the door of late teens, or even low 20 C (70 F). On a first look at the numbers today, … Continue reading
More Firepower
We can safely say that we are fully into Spring, although a couple of my friends commented that they had to scrape ice or frost off their car windscreens in the early hours of Monday and Tuesday. Despite the cold … Continue reading
Hottest Day of the Year…
After the false dawn of spring, I think we are finally there. We had Storm Dave ripping across the path over the weekend, but sense prevailed, and the weather sorted itself out. Eight sun worshippers piled out on the most … Continue reading
Bramble Bashing
More bramble bashing, or scrub bashing, on the connector path today. I think we had a 92% chance of rain, but it turned out to be just a few minutes of drizzle, and that was it. Nine bushwackers (not the … Continue reading
