The Hearth of Mopsus

 ... only with fewer actual dogs. In Swanvale Halt this sharp summer, the canines keep inside for most of the day the same way the humans do...

At the very moment at tea-time on Tuesday that I was listening to a BBC reporter talking about the fire at Wennington in Essex, and mentioni...

The wind battered Swanvale Halt yesterday as it did most other parts of the country. At the Rectory I eyed the trees, but got away with noth...

The hill in question being Chapel Hill at Abbotsbury. I am on leave this week and St Catherine's Chapel is now open again so I made my w...

There is no reason to share this photograph of our amazing and towering rhododendron bush in the church grounds other than its beauty, drama...

Who can resist snow photos? I can't. A friend of mine confesses to not usually liking snow but being quite excited to see it this mornin...

When my intended Autumn trip to a folly in South Wales fell through thanks to epidemic restrictions I was extremely  lucky to find an altern...

And Friday's trip out took me on a shorter but slower journey southeastwards. My intended first stop was the National Trust-owned Bodiam...

I never, ever take a break in August but this year as in so much else normal practice has been put to one side, and this week I've have ...

It was with some effort that I compelled myself to make up a flask and some sandwiches and head out for a walk this glorious afternoon, but ...