Circle of the Year

This post is something of a departure for me as I don't usually write about football! The big day was my granddaughter's not min...

For me August has always been a month of waiting - waiting for the first small signs of autumn. It is the crown of the agricultural year...

On Wednesday my friend L and I made what may well be our last visit to Bakewell Show which has been declining steadily over the last few...

                                   Month of August...blithesome the bee,                                    Full the hive; better the w...

Salmagundi is a 17th/18th Century salad made from cooked chicken,hard boiled eggs, anchovies and all kinds of salad leaves, vegetables a...

On a coolish morning under a sky filled with heavy clouds a small group of Time Travellers (our local archaeology group) set off on a wa...