26th January 2018. Browned off…
Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) can be a real nuisance, it can encroach at a slow, but steady pace. Like a gloomy mood, it can creep forwards and gradually take over. Expansive patches of Bracken can be...
View Article27th January 2018. Forging ahead…
It’s a quieter time out there in the winter and the weather restricts my sorties somewhat. But here and there are glimpses of optimism, and signs that not everything is asleep. Various lichen can be...
View Article29th January 2018. And we’re off…
A good friend commented yesterday ‘You must have frog spawn by now?…. It is always the start of the new season for me’. We compare the start of the spawning season, as he is up on the moors above me...
View Article30th January 2018. White to grey in less than a day…
A white world greeted me this morning; umbellifers bore crystals, fields were sparkling, ponds were crazed with patterns of ice and the sun lit a clear sky and far-reaching views. Fieldfares balanced...
View Article31st January 2018. Nice weather for frogs…
If you like it wet and don’t mind the cold then this is the perfect time to hang out with frog friends. Despite the rain, sleet, hail and snow, which have all fallen at times today, the frogs were very...
View Article1st February 2018. Onwards and upwards and downwards too…
A month on and the Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula) are slowly but surely making progress. Their freckled strap leaves pushing upwards and outwards into the cold February air. Primroses, Wood...
View Article2nd February 2018. I am glad he ‘said’ that…
Sometimes it’s great when somebody else expresses in words what you are thinking. The February Blues can get to us all, and from Wonderland (a wonderbook) by Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss I quote;...
View Article3rd February 2018. Cold and hungry…
It may not be frosty or snowing, but I am sure it is colder than ever out there? The damp air is sticky; clinging with grim determination to every surface. The wind chill only adds to the misery as...
View Article5th February 2018. Those colours smell of summer…
The warmth of the sunlight through windows, the blue sky with innocent looking clouds wandering by and the flurry of busy birds. From indoors it could be a hot August day, excepting the lack of green...
View Article13th March 2018. Time out for Studying…
Due to study commitments (currently half way through this years writing module for my degree), I have decided to let the daily photography and thewritepage.uk take a rest for the time being. I hope...
View ArticleJanuary 2022
It’s been a busy time. I was delighted to be awarded a First-class BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing in 2020. In 2021 I continued to study at university level, analysing the...
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