Latest walk with Peter back to one of our favourite places - Wincle, and a couple of pints in the brewery!
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Wednesday, 3 August 2022
6 May 2022
On a trip to Manchester to meet Simon and Teresa. Also pooped in to see our old neighbour Kaye. It was really good to see her again.
30 April 2022
Off to Peter and Mary's and we went to an interesting talk at the Labour club in Glossop on One Million Climate Jobs with Hillary Wainwright. Grand day out followed by some good beers.
28 April 2022
Latest reading. Richard Seymour has some interesting takes on the climate crisis and I recommend this book.
23 April 2022
Well, I have totally messed this up. It's the 3 August. I haven't posted for over 3 months. I'm going to carry on but some of these dates are going to be dodgy. Good job this blog has zero followers.
Just in case you're are wondering Britain is still in crisis - the war in Ukraine is raging, Covid is raging, the cost of living crisis is still raging, and the climate crisis is getting much worse.
So, here is a picture I took in the local woods.
Saturday, 23 April 2022
21 April 2022
The row over Boris Johnson and Partygate is still raging. He has been fined for breaking Covid rules and refuses to accept any responsibility. It's beginning to look as if the Tory MPs are going to do a hatchet job on him as their inboxes fill up with emails from angry constitutents. He may be gone after the local elections in May.
Here's my latest recommended book - The Trespassers companion by Nick Hayes. A really interesting read on our need for access to land and our right to roam.
20 April 2022
Time for a Covid update. Covid is still raging in the UK. We have one of the highest death rates in the world. There are days when over 600 have died and recently nearly 2000 in one week. The government is doing nothing about it.
Here is a lovely lamb we saw on our walk today.
18 April 2022
Easter Monday walk with Peter. We met at the Bulls Head in Mottram St Andrew and climbed up to Alderly Edge. I've never approached the Edge from this direction before. A good walk would do again. The Bulls is a good pub - recommended.
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| Manchester from the Edge |
17 April 2022
Getting on with the gardening. I moved an old heavy plant pot and underneath I found a smooth newt! I've seen them in the garden before. I moved this one to a safe place.
15 April 2022
Good Friday and a trip to see the dragon - M-in-L. Also to meet Georgia and Keiran's puppy Ralph.
We had brunch at G & K's house the following day and I didn't take a single photo :(
14 April 2022
Have now managed to get stuck into the veg plot. Broadbeans, onions, and potatoes were the first in, followed by peas, parsnips, runner beans, and purple sprouting broccoli.
The leeks were plated last year and I have some more seedlings to put in.
11 April 2022
Out for a walk with Peter. Our original plan was stymied because I arrived 40 minutes late due to a road closure. So we went for a walk along the canal in Whaley Bridge. We were near the village of Buxworth. The name was changed from Bugsworth in 19c because the vicar didn't like 'bug". We managed to find a good couple of pubs.
9 April 2022
Good meet-up with Pete and Anthea today. Chinese for a change and communing with lots of chickens, ducks, and geese. An overnight stay in their stable.
6 April 2022
How hard can it be? Take one photo a day and post it on here. Takes about 10 minutes max. But I'm sorry to report I'm 20 days behind! And I don't have a photo from every day :(.
Here's some blossom from my garden for the 6th. Expect gaps from now on!
Thursday, 7 April 2022
4 April 2022
Out for a canal walk with Peter today nr Macclesfield. It was a chilly - in the wind - but a good day out with the usual crafty pint in a warm pub.
2 April 2022
Today I met up with Adrian in Liverpool. It was fine if a slightly chilly day. We were meant to go to a cost of living demo I saw advertised for 12pm. The demo was moved to 10am so we missed it. We had some consolation with a pint in the Baltic Fleet and then moved on to the Kazimier, followed by a trip to the Liverpool Museum to see the Planetarium.
31 March 2022
Thankfully it was a fairly good journey home though slower than the outward journey. I did it non-stop in 4.5 hours.
This gull really didn't want to be photographed.
30 March 2022
It was a mixed day with some rain and sun. I took Carol to the beach, at Barton on Sea, and the nearby garden centre. We had some lunch in the beach cafe. It was a good day out. Later I had a few pints with Mark in the Foresters Arms.
29 March 2022
Today I set off on the long journey to the New Forest to see my Stepmother Carol who is 86. I had a good journey. No delays and made it in four hours! We went out for a meal in the Huntsman with Mark and Rachael.
27 January 2022
Saying goodbye to the lakes is hard! We had a quick, safe journey home. We always go over the Whinlatter pass and the views of Skiddaw are superb.
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