The UK is rightly known throughout the world for its rich and varied patterns of hedgerows, a part of our cultural and landscape heritage which ranks alongside great cathedrals, quaint villages and spectacular coastlines. Hedgelink.org.uk Since discovering the Pickwalks Facebook page recently, aside from prompting me to up my litter-picking game in and around my …
Yesterday, my wife, Julie, and I decided to take advantage of the spring sunshine and go for a walk. Well, actually, it was to be a multi-purpose event. There would be the enjoyable ramble in nature, of course, but this would be combined with some birdwatching, and a litter-pick, too. Having filled six bags last …
For the better part of three years I have been meeting, each month, with a group of friends in a small village in central Lincolnshire. This midmost spot was chosen due to the group’s widespread distribution - attendees travel in from their respective homes in all three of the county’s sub-divisions, Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland; …
You were that crow. The sun shone as you took to the air from the highest branch of an oak tree. Leaving the village of Irby behind you, you rode the air currents downhill, heading southeast. A gentle updraft urged you higher but you resisted, splaying your flight feathers and pitching your tail, preferring instead …
At the time I was writing my feature article, ‘Open for Visitors,’ for publication in the September, 2004 edition of ‘Lincolnshire in Focus’ magazine, the Far Ings Nature Reserve at Barton - the article’s subject - was undergoing a significant planned expansion. The project was a commendable one, which I summarised in my feature as …
As befitting a writer known to have a ‘butterfly mind,’ my blog comprises a potpourri of posts written on a random range of subjects. Lacking an overarching theme or intended direction, the various essays have been prompted by whatever may have occupied my thoughts and tickled my imagination at the time of writing. However, a …
When researching subjects for my ‘general interest’ posts, information trails can often pick up threads to other, diverse topics. This post is such an example. It began with a simple desire to discover the background to the name of a local breakdown recovery firm. My research led me from a windswept patch of North Lincolnshire …
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