Sunny Winchelsea Gardens, staircase retrofitting, making a garden water feature

Philosopher has a big birthday coming up on Monday. He is not at all keen on the idea so I won’t go on about it, but we’ve got a busy time coming up. This is…

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WI Centenary AGM – What it's like to meet the Queen

It was the WI Centenary AGM at the Albert Hall.  I had to go and collect the Lady Denman Cup, which I won last year for writing a poem, ‘What my WI means to me’.…

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Winchelsea Heronry and other busy birds

Last year we went for a sunny walk and a picnic around Winchelsea and along the Royal Military Canal. During our walk we spotted a heronry in the trees. As it was mid-June, it was…

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Sandgate, Hythe, car-boots and skateboarding dog.

Last weekend our old friend +Shaun Mckenna came down to stay. He is one of the script-writers on the BBC Radio Four WWI series, ‘Home Front’, which is being broadcast every day for four years…

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Beautiful Hastings – garlic in Alexandra Park, and bluebells

It is unusual to be able to admire beautiful bluebells and flowering wild garlic, both at their best at the same time. This year has been a little odd.    We have a little ritual…

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