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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Autumn Logs
I can’t believe it: I’m about to write a blog on logs. Next, I can hear you saying through clenched teeth, he’ll be giving us a post on toast. Or a contribution on … oh no, that won’t work. Start … Continue reading
Ruskin’s View
DON’T PANIC! I’m not about to write about one of Ruskin’s many views on art, life or anything else, for that matter. One of the first and most influential of art critics, Ruskin had loads of views – perhaps even … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, My life
Tagged Church Brow Cottage, Cumbria, Francis Pryor, John Ruskin, Kirkby Lonsdale, Maisie Taylor, Ruskin's View, Vivat Trust, Westmorland
Predatory Plants
What a very strange year it has been in the garden. For the first season ever – and I’ve been growing outdoor tomatoes for the best part of 30 years – our crop has been a complete failure. I sprayed … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, humour
Tagged bay laurel, blackberry, blackberry Merton’s Thornless, wisteria
Drool Britannia
Like I’d guess sixty million other Brits I’m in a bit of a daze. First it was the man with the side-burns on his bike, then the Olympics, then the Paralympics and now Andy Murray. We sit in front of … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Olympic Games, Paralympic Games
Coma, Semi-Coma – Full Stop.
It has been an exhausting series of Time Team. The sites have been demanding and as for the weather, well, the least said the better. I think it was at the Machine Gun Corps camp that Raksha told me about … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Broadcasting, Farming, Gardening, humour, Time Team
Tagged Francis Pryor, gardening, Maisie Taylor, Raksha Dave, sheep, sheep farming, Time Team
