My daughter and I had a delicious lunch and shared a morish coffee and walnut cake at Westonbirt today - then we braved the treetop walk (not as scary as I thought it might have been (I don't like heights) and trekked round the Silkwood. We saw where one very tall tree had been blown over the footpath, presumably last weekend, so kept a wary eye out for any more!
Re syrup pud: I still clearly remember having a sleepover with my friend Ruth, some 55 years ago. (It wasn't called a sleepover then... I lived a fair way away from school, and we were catching the milk train the following morning to go on a geography trip to Covent Garden market the next day. Ruth lived near school so this made it easier.) Anyway, her mum had made us syrup pudding for tea, with a lovely frothy lemony syrup sauce, and it was divine... my first, but not my last...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Morning all. Insulation men are here, insulating the loft for 1€. Government grant. They aren't wiping their feet very well, I will probably have to shampoo the carpets.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Lizzie27 Westonbirt used to be a favourite walk, both when we were in Bath and later when we moved to Nailsworth (even closer). Last time I went though - a couple of years back - it seemed to have become rather heavily developed. It always got mad around azalea bloom and acer autumn leaf time, of course. We have dogs so we always walked in Silkwood and it was usually quiet, but not the last time we were there. One of those things, I suppose. It's very beautiful. Just a bit crowded.
@Dovefromabove Our ditches are now definitely full. If you wouldn't mind turning off the February rain?
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A diabetic’s Kryptonite though.
night night all ... sweet dreams (of syrup pud with frothy lemon sauce 😴 🛌)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have heavy rain here in Norfolk 🌧
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Heavy rain here too ☔️
Have a good day everyone.
Insulation men are here, insulating the loft for 1€. Government grant. They aren't wiping their feet very well, I will probably have to shampoo the carpets.
@Dovefromabove Our ditches are now definitely full. If you wouldn't mind turning off the February rain?
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.