Postscript to the previous post!

After all that rather arty-farty stuff I posted yesterday, our ‘tree’ has now been significantly ‘improved’ by the visit of one part of the family . . . complete with imaginative young...

Rather pleasant working conditions!

Ralph Kiggell (whose lovely book, Leading the Cranes Home, is now down to its last few copies) flew in recently from his home in Bangkok to see his family in the UK. He came to stay with us last night so that we could have a concentrated face to face editorial session...

Is this the day for a sneak invasion of England?

No sign of a thaw this morning . . . indeed a river even fuller of ice than yesterday. Not quite enough to stage the Battle on the Ice maybe but it really does look as though we could floe-hop to...

Chilly times on the Wye

We have had stunningly perfect picture postcard hoar frost for days now. Often one wakes up to it but it is gone by lunchtime. Not so often is it still ‘complete’ in the evening and ready to be further enhanced for tomorrow’s dawn. I went out with my...