Category Archives: Out and about

We went to see the Mappa Mundi, that artefact of a pre-modern world in which the mythological combined with the geographical and historical, that theological statement about the nature of Christendom. Afterwards, I dropped them off at Hereford station, they … Continue reading →

There were seventeen magpies on the roof of a house. Seventeen, never before have I seen so many magpies gathered together. Perhaps an evolutionary adaptation is taking place. Perhaps with the increasing incursions of scavenging gulls, the magpies that survive … Continue reading →

Autumn leaves no doubt as to its arrival: shortening days, colder weather, falling leaves. Leaves carpet the footpath to the tram stop.  For me, there is a hierarchy among the trees from which they fall, just as there seems an … Continue reading →

It is that time of year when clear blue mornings in the village contrast with the mist shrouded day beginning on the moorland below, when the clear, sharp colours in the sky contrast with the blanket of greyness at ground … Continue reading →

It’s Battle of Britain Day, although there seemed little acknowledgement of the anniversary. In our area, it was not the Fighter Command who rose to meet the Luftwaffe who were the presence of air forces, but aerodromes from which both … Continue reading →