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Moggerhanger 1 April 2026
Welcome to the monthly music session in Moggerhanger Village Hall. The evening was incredibly well attended and quite a challenge for Richard to manage. No tech problems and no missed performers this month although we had to postpone the end of evening thrash till next month. I have edited the video in two parts, as on the night, and they can be found here. I have added a couple of photos below to...
Mainly Gardens
My walks over the past few days have been largely in gardens. The great-crested grebe is nesting in the Swiss Garden in a very accessible location as are the greylag geese at the Lodge. The cherry tree by the stable block is a treat at this time of the year. As an aside, my first location at the Lodge was by the windows below the clock. The remainder of the post contains images from the Cambridge...
I Do Like to Be Beside The Seaside!
Time for a visit to a new place, for me, at the seaside, Dovercourt in Essex. I have been close by when taking the ferry from and to Harwich which is essentially the same location but on the other side of the peninsula. My pal, Paul Langshaw, and I talked about a visit at the end of last year with a specific focus on the ‘leading light’ pair of lighthouses, built in the 1860s and used up to 1917...
Around and About
I’ve had a very enjoyable few days visiting some of my less visited locations, benefiting from the spring weather. The photos are from Wimpole Estate to start where the parterre is bare. A notice implied it was being ‘attacked’ with a herbicide, indicating to me that there has been problem. Still the view to the folly meant it was not a completely wasted trip. Next up are some of the riverside cottages...
A Golden Spring at Old Warden
The daffs are out. There is a quant variety in the Swiss Garden, all spiky, which I am told is called Rip Van Winkle. I like it. There are quite a few varieties on show and on a little island they provide some cover for a coot’s nest. On the lake, a great crested grebe has chosen to nest close to one of the angler’s ‘piers’. That is a big egg but just the one on Sunday. I don’t know how many she...
More From London
Friday flew by with a large part of the day at the zoo and then back to Anne and Katie’s hotel by the London Eye to chill and enjoy an early dinner. As the sun was setting the view from the hotel suite terrace, yes terrace, was pretty cool. In the morning, after the taking the train to Kings Cross it was a short tube ride to Camden Town and from there a nice 20 minute walk to the Zoo. It was worth...
Gorillas but no mist!
I had a lovely day on Friday in London with family with a great visit to London Zoo. The highlight of the visit was, apart from time with family, the antics of the gorillas, including two youngsters Juno and Venus who entertained all of those around the Gorilla Kingdom. We visited when we arrived and then returned after our lunch to see them enjoying their lunch. I have decided to dedicate this...
What a difference a day makes......
A factor while living on the edge of a continent is always the ocean and with it comes the potential for rapidly changing weather. Yesterday the sun was shining in a clear sky at Ely but the day before at Anglesey Abbey the mist was clinging to the landscape. Both interesting so not a problem. Here are some photos from yesterday in Ely and on Monday at Anglesey Abbey. The sun is not always a photographers...
Moggerhanger 4 March 2026
Welcome to the monthly music session in Moggerhanger Village Hall. The evening went very well, managed by Stuart, with a couple of issues. First the most important one. We missed calling one of our regular performers Mark. It has happend before, not to Mark, and no doubt will happen again despite our best efforts. The second issue was the direct responsibility of the tech guy. That would be me! The...
There is always a show off
Who’s a pretty boy then. the blue boy was more interested in his reflection in the gardener’s hut window and could have been saying in peacock “So what?”. It is quite rare to see the peacocks at Old Warden but my timing was right as the gardeners had put out some feed for them. The daffodils are springing up all over the garden and I can never get enough of the light through the stained glass in...