Sunday, 5 February 2017

Orange Wood & Helme


Sights and sounds around Helme this afternoon. A large flock of geese flew across Blackmoorfoot Reservoir, so high up they looked like a long line of ants being pulled by a string. A kindly twitcher with his binoculars out told us they were heading for Southport......

Thursday, 2 February 2017

Wassail, Wassail, All Over Town


Wassailing: traditional drinking expedition, where people went door-to-door with their wassail bowl, sharing it around, singing  in exchange for gifts....

More Sycamore



Derided for being non-native, the sycamore is actually quite useful