Welcome to the Silly Season

In truth the Silly Season has been going on since about December if you are a cold water swimmer. If … More

A swim before Barney

Yesterday I swam in the marine lake in the morning, before Barney the Storm came in. Apparently storms shall have … More

I chucked some branches of cotoneaster horizontalis* in with the chickens. The branches were covered in berries and I thought … More

I was up in Cumbria for the weekend, swimming, but that’s another story. Fleetingly, driving out of Great Langdale, I … More

Tiberius, our Light Sussex Cockerel, has grown into a fine chap in the three months or so that we have … More

Our new cockerel, Tiberius Tyrrol, and two of his wives. He has a variety of wives but it was getting … More

Cat-of-the-day would like to note the passing of a one Vladimir, magnificent cockerel and in chicken years probably a centurion, … More

Cockerel-of-the-day: do not worry, cats will return, but I spent the day at the Royal Bath & West, and there … More

At Coniston rather early for a l mile swim. Not much to do except draw ducks!

I thought I’d have another go at drawing the chickens, but then it started to rain, so I went inside … More