Autumn in the country
I've been round and about recently and regular readers of my blog will know that I post a lot of mushroom pictures at this time of year. I find it fsacinating how the fruiting bodies appear overnight; their varieties; the difficulties people have in identifying them definitively; that
A walk in Stiffkey
What a beautiful, warm weekend it was in North Norfolk recently when we took a little trip to Stiffkey. Different people tell me that it's pronounced Sookey or Stookey but I'm not sure about this. Whichever way I say it, I'm bound to be
Norfolk
I'm lucky enough to have a little place in North West Norfolk, about 25 minutes from the seaside. I love it there for the fresh air, the dark, starry skies and the wildlife.
Here are some of my favourite pictures:
The Canadian
There's something romantic and epic about long train journeys. I have travelled for days across India and China by train, where your carriage becomes a village with all its assorted characters and their comings and goings. (The reality is not as romantic, of course). Sadly, I think I&
Montreal
My son James chose to go to university in Montreal, and was eventually offered training for a job and accommodation there by the father of his girlfriend. In October 2021, in Covid times, on my way back to hermetic Hong Kong from London I had to spend three "washout&