Posted in Away Days, Fell running, Landscape, Thoughts, Weather on October 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Mr Uhdd has phoned to say all is well and he and his partner have completed the Original Mountain Marathon, they have as the saying goes ‘been accounted for’. Yesterday he tells me was tough.
I wonder what state his feet are in.
(Here are some feet I photographed earlier.)
He didn’t ring home till [...]
Posted in Away Days, Devon, Family, Landscape, Sea, Thoughts, Waters Edge, Weather on October 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We’ve been away, to south Devon, it’s a place that all our family loves, but sadly the purpose of our visit was a family funeral, sad and emotional as it was, it was never the less a funeral that had just the right sense of place and celebration of life.
We arrived in good time [...]
Posted in Away Days, Landscape, Summer, Thoughts, Travel on September 13, 2009 | 23 Comments »
On Meeting fellow blogger and author of Perverting the Course of Justice, Police Inspector Gadget
Like all texts and emails from Inspector Gadget, it told me all I needed to know without the waste of a single key stroke. “Will be in the Dog and Duck from 2pm”. Gadget and I have been reading each other’s [...]
Posted in Away Days, Environment, Food, Garden, Light and shadow, Nature, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel, Weather on September 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Last night we had a top of the range sunset, I didn’t even try to photograph it; it was just too spectacular and too big, not to have been downgraded by pixilation; not only that it was just very pleasant being outside of an evening, with good company and a glass of wine, goodness knows [...]
Posted in Away Days, Derbyshire, Family, Farming, Field studies, Peak District National Park, Summer, Thoughts on September 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This young man, worked really hard at showing his calf, he was a picture of composed concentration.
I discovered, despite his young age that he is an old hand in the show ring, I think Rowan spotted him at Bakewell Show last year. Not only was the calf immaculately turned out, look how neatly his [...]
Posted in Away Days, Environment, Family, Fell running, Landscape, Soap Box, Summer, Thoughts, Travel on September 4, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Mr Uhdd is running in the Ben Nevis Fell race this weekend, its a race he has run before
So he and Tom and have gone by train to Fort William, it’s a long journey, how much do you think the train tickets cost? From a village station south of Manchester to Fort William return?
Tom’s [...]
Posted in Away Days, Dogs, Environment, Farming, Field studies, Landscape, Peak District National Park, Thoughts on September 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sheepdog trails at Hope Show, a spectator sport suitable for all the family
Or if you prefer a solitary occupation, with a pack of four company;
although I suspect you can’t teach an old dog new tricks..
Hope Show 2009,Hope Sheepdog Trails and Agricultural show 2009
Posted in Away Days, Derbyshire, Dogs, Environment, Family, Farming, Food, Landscape, Peak District National Park, Photo Blogs, Photography, Thoughts, Travel, chickens on August 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
August Bank holiday Monday, means Hope Sheepdog Trials and Agricultural Show. (I’ve shown you a shot of the Hope Valley before) Hope Show, as it more usually known, is a traditional sort of agricultural event, cattle,sheep, horses, dogs, tractors, beer, burgers and ice cream, all you need for a grand day out.
I nipped in and [...]
Posted in Away Days, Devon, Education, History, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel, Villages, dyslexia on August 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This plaque on the door of Sherford parish church, Sherford, Devon caught my eye
Maybe they didn’t think electricity was here to stay, or perhaps it was just for reasons of economy.
That they inserted the electric light bulb into the original oil lamps. Or just possibly it might have been, that having lived through [...]
Posted in Away Days, Devon, Farming, Food, History, Landscape, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel on August 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One rainy afternoon I was looking to see if I could give some added value to the chore of food shopping on holiday, by turning left instead of right, to see what if anything I could find. What I found was the village of Sherford. I took a peek in the 13th century Parish church [...]
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