October 01, 2022 - In a typically (and depressingly) British fashion I will begin this month's round-up blog post by writing that "BLIMEY!...

September 01, 2022 - This will be a very short monthly report, perhaps the shortest of the entire year - if only because other than all the g...

August 21, 2022 - This is part 2 of a 2 part blog post write up of our summer holiday in West Wales. You might like to read these posts i...

August 21, 2022 - We've just returned from a wonderful, wild week in West Wales. Well... truth be told, we've been back for a week now, b...

May 01, 2022 - Finally - we've made it through five or six months of depressing, dark dankness (in the main!) and We step properly now...

April 11, 2020 - 2020 doesn't get any better does it? Awful news from Greece yesterday. And yes, I know this may seem completely trivial...

September 26, 2019 - Yes... I know... I've been AWOL for almost exactly a month now, but... well... I've been busy, eh? Work has been silly.

May 13, 2019 - … Hooraaaay! The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out to plaaaaaay. And no... I'm not going to give you all the...

August 11, 2018 - …. The Isle of Wight Ferry of course. Doesn't really work as a written joke that... as when written, one needs to add a...

August 20, 2017 - Last week, the boy, Anna and I took our annual summer holiday – on the Isle of Wight – and a good week we had too. I co...

September 20, 2015 - As we race towards the equinox, like leggy house spiders through an open door - & after a pretty dismal August, weather-...

September 26, 2013 - Now that we've passed the autumnal equinox, the superb (if you enjoy dry, warm weather) summer of 2013 is officially ove...

October 02, 2012 - Everything seems to be on the move right now as Autumn heats up (or cools down I s'pose). The jetstream is bouncing a...

September 08, 2012 - ... warm sunshine, glorious days, cool (very dewy) nights and a spectacular night sky this year. The photo accompanying...

June 08, 2012 - The chances of seeing an early summer seem to have stalled somewhat this week, with quite a bit of rain (over 50% of the...

May 20, 2012 - On Friday 18th May I'd noticed that the air had become a little warmer of late, a little humidity had crept into the sky...

May 14, 2012 - Whilst my ongoing health issues limit my outings at present - and the weather remains changeable at best (apart from a c...

April 18, 2012 - One swallow does not a summer make…. This quote is all too oft attributed to Aristotle, but in fact the great philosoph...