For 2014 I set myself a project to take and publish a photograph every day. Hopefully. Here are the results.
NEW BOOTS! Some of you may have followed my blog last September when I spent ten days walking on the Arles Way in the south of France. This year I am returning to France to do another walk and the preparation has now begun. First priority is a new pair of walking boots so today…
Maude and I went out for a walk this afternoon and met some bullocks up by the Cotswold Way. One of them was particularly friendly and as I tickled his nose he licked my hand; reminding me how wonderfully rough cattle tongues are. This will be the last ‘cow shot’ for a while. 1 June…
Have you ever seen a Charolais cow having a peaceful afternoon nap? Thought not, so here’s one. 31May 2014
Who cannot love heavy horses? These gentle giants have power and elegance and the sexiest eyelashes you will ever see. These belong to a mighty Percheron who stands at 19.1 hands. 30 May 2014
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: the Middle White Pig. We’ve been to the Royal Bath and West Show today, it was lovely and we avoided the rain. I like pigs, particularly Middle Whites. 29 May 2014
The Bath Boating Station is one of the oldest places in the country to go and hire out a boat to go for a row on the river. On the bank of the River Avon there are skiffs and punts available and, I’m told, a decent restaurant. Their beautiful old boats are traditionally built from…
Here in the beautiful city of Bath everything is so stylish that we even grow flowers in the drainpipes! 27 May 2014
We’ve worked hard at it and we’re very pleased with the progress so far with our little garden. 26 May 2014
Let me be absolutely honest, I did not take this photograph. Today is special to me. Two years ago today my lovely old Ma died, aged one hundred and a half. She had a long and mostly happy life, fiercely independent and her own woman to the end. Missed by us all. 25 May 2014
On our recent trip to France we revisited the wonderful Pont du Gard. This aqueduct was built by the Romans to carry a supply of water to the city of Nîmes; for many years a road ran along it above the lower layer of arches and it is now a protected UN Cultural Heritage Site.…
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