Pet Hates #2 & 3

 In an earlier post, I may have mentioned a pet hate of mine where quantitative data is provided without the necessary context. One of Mary's pet hates is the misspelling of common words; specifically in permanent displays. On our recent walk around the Mordiford Dragon Trail, she spotted this...

Maude and the Dragon

 Mordiford is a village near Hereford with two notable features: the oldest bridge in Herefordshire, dating back to 1352, and the Dragon of Mordiford legend.Dragon Egg - papier mache by MaryThere are several versions of the story but they all start with an egg hatching in a field from which a baby...

Nature and Neolithic

 Returning from a family visit near London, we split the journey back to Hereford with overnight stays in Holybourne (visiting Jane Austen's House and Gilbert White's House and Gardens) and Marlborough. On the journey from Marlborough to Hereford, we stopped off at the Avebury World Heritage...

View from the Rear Window - August 2022

The last month of meteorological summer and what a summer it has been. Record temperatures and one of the driest summers I can remember. Towards the end of the month, cooler overnight temperatures signal autumn is not far away. According to the Met Office, the summer of 2022 was the joint hottest (equal...

Broad Bean and Leek Update (Sept 15th)

 I am currently trialling late-sowing of leeks and broad beans to see if this avoids the worst of the pests. See here, here, and here for previous posts. This is what the Leek and Broad Bean bed looked like on 15th September...Leek and Broad Bean BedI had just hand-weeded the bed and collected...