Grange over Sands – March A trip to the southern Lake District was favoured with a couple of days of sunny weather allowing me to […]
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Starting 2025 on the NE Coast
We had an impromptu trip to the NE coast 8th to 15th January. For the first 4 days the weather was freezing – much too cold for stopping and […]
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A busy three months
A quick update
Read moreIsles of Scilly – June 2024
Two week in the Isles of Scilly remain a firm favourite and next year is already booked. Generally the weather was OK, it rained all […]
Read moreWensleydale and north Lake District – May-June
We split our normal spring week into two parts; 3 days in Askrigg (Wensleydale) and 4 days in the north of the Lake District, where […]
Read moreNorthumberland Coast – April/May 2024
Northumberland at the end of April and beginning of May was windy and cold but we did at least get some periods of sunshine in between the […]
Read moreWharf in Spate
It is no surprise to me that this has been the wettest spring ever (well since records began). I have not seen the River Wharfe higher […]
Read moreGrange in March
We took a week in the southern Lake District near Grange-over-Sands and got lucky with the weather. We had trips to the RSPB site at […]
Read moreDumfries and Galloway in February!
To start the year, but not escape the rain, we visited Dumfries and Galloway. It was a challenge to get out for any painting. I […]
Read moreA difficult year
All in all I’m rather glad to see the end of 2023, despite being too old to wish my life away! I blogged about my […]
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