It’s a fine morning for a walk if a little muddy underfoot, so we head for Skipton Woods, our path crosses over an old incline railway which connected with the Thanet’s canal. Following a well-worn route past several steep slopes, nearby the recently expelled…
As dusk fell I watched a heron silently gliding to a small stream, a somewhat ghostly image almost prehistoric. Its almost a clear cloud free sky, with stars shining through the dark silhouettes of the trees on my route. The cold clear air…
Tonight my late night walk with Robbie has reminded me that the Craven Dales are sometimes at their best when the wind is in the east and the cold bites at you. This is a night when silence and solitude…
Myself I enjoy studying how over the last three millennia, differing races have attempted to convey the spoken language. Whether from one of the many formats seen, from carving symbols on wood or in stone, or the many fine illustrations…
As the floods retreat from the Aire valley, it appears to me that traces of an earlier world known to hunter gathers surface. For small areas of marshland and waist deep blogs mingle with the sombre lichen covered trees, many…
Tried a new beverage today; Matcha tea latte with almond milk and honey. Tested at a local café, called ‘Filmore and Union’. This warm drink left me feeling like I had been transported to a yurt in Mongolia! it was…
I have been enjoying reading a children’s book called Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve. The story to me is unusual. It leaves me wanting to know more about the author and the story illustrator Sarah Mc Intyre. I…
Silence reigns: as people take in the effects of such a prolonged period of rain, but there is a bonus, as cars are left parked. For the moment some within the local population enjoy walking. Many pass by my house…
As the lowland sheep flee, sections of the Aire valley have taken on the appearance of lakes following the recent heavy rain. Dry stone walls have taken on the appearance of weirs, whilst the flood water pours though gateways. Rivulets…
Over time I will mix elements of a diary other interests. Which include understanding the methods that were developed throughout the world to record human activities. Starting with cave drawing, bone art and tattooing: Later developing into pictograms and runes along…
