By way of an experiment with LJs photo album, herewith a photo of one of the new sculptures in Hainault Forest, together with Draco and Bren, who were 'investigating'.


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Yesterday, having collected the requisite two pounds of rosehips, and various apples and pears from the local forest I started the process of making rosehip jelly. This meant a drive round the local shops to find somewhere that stocked preserve jars (I used up our supply on the blackberry jelly in August). Fortunately the big Tesco had some, and ( Read more... )

It's the middle of April, we are officially having a drought - and I have gone back to wearing wellington boots and carrying an umbrella when walking the dog. Though one thing about the sticky mud in the forest is that it shows all sorts of animal tracks - not just the usual horses and dogs and humans, but the odd badger and deer, which adds ( Read more... )