This post may be a little bit screamish but I’ll try and keep it as clean as possible. I live in a small house, I have a small garden too maybe 55 feet long and 18 feet wide. We’re surrounded by houses, one on the left, six on the right and seven behind us. Most… Continue reading Cats that leave ‘presents’ in my garden
Tag: outdoors
Berrington Hall
Monday was our first proper day of the holiday and it had been raining all night and though by mid-morning we were down to drizzle, it was definately still wet. As this was never planned to be a sunshine and beach sort of holiday we had already researched some places to see. England is fortunate… Continue reading Berrington Hall
Our little paradise
One of the things that I like to do is spend time outdoors and when I can’t go any further away from home then I go in my back garden. We have a very small back garden even by English standards maybe 50 feet long and 20 feet wide but we manage to squeeze a… Continue reading Our little paradise
A lakeside walk
Following the culture and forests of the last few days yesterday we decided to do a nice steady lakeside walk. We decided to go to Wast Water which is much less touristic than other lakes with no villages, paddle-steamers or through roads to distract us. I have been carrying an injury the last few weeks… Continue reading A lakeside walk
A trip to the manor
One of the most popular ideas about Britain and England in particular is that it is covered in stately homes. While this is true over 1,000 of these houses have been lost just since WW2. This was due to many factors including ‘Death Duty’ taxes but also by changing societal roles. Until WW1 most ordinary… Continue reading A trip to the manor
Stephen Liddell 