On Saturday, I attended a pre-publication lunch held to promote Monty Don’s new book, ‘Down to Earth‘. I don’t often accept the various invitations I receive through the blog but this sounded marvellous … and with free food and drink too. Despite considerable effort spent making myself sort-of-presentable, I still felt out-of-place at the very […]
Jim picked me up from work at The Old Forge yesterday and, as I loaded my tools into the car, told me that he’d almost driven over a sparrowhawk crouched on the lane leading up to the house. Luckily, he had braked in time and the bird flew away, as did an injured pigeon it […]
