I've just got back from Mexico! It was a birdwatching trip with friends, well timed to avoid all the storms. The smallholding was left i...

While heavy snow hit almost all the rest of the country, here in our little piece of fenland we managed to all but avoid it. But with the gr...

How dare we have a holiday! We were only gone for just less than a week during which time a plague of pestilence and disease was wrought up...

Wednesday's forecast - cats and dogs Last week we finally got some rain. Well, not just some rain but a WHOLE BUCKETLOAD . Quite po...

6th August 2016 The view over the farm buildings and veg plot from up the ladder I woke up inexplicably early today so decided to take ...

1st August Happy Cotton Anniversary To Us! Today is mine and Sue's second anniversary. It has been a low key affair getting on with th...

20th July 2016 50! How did that happen? I am 50 years old! I used to say I still felt 20 in my mind and about 70 in my body but I think th...