Monthly Archives: June 2007

A Few Spare Hours

…in Lon­don. Start­ing from Euston sta­tion I just ambled wherever the whim took me, Euston Street lead­ing to a wrought iron arch­way pro­claim­ing “Tolmer’s Square” — just a small space between flats (50s?) with bushes, and trees, wind­ing paths and … Con­tinue read­ing

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Fish

I think there are six. Two have died for cer­tain. The oth­ers send out 1 to see what’s hap­pen­ing if they sense me com­ing (ground vibra­tions), then three to sweep the entire pond area, then maybe the rest if it … Con­tinue read­ing

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Fish Update

They’re mess­ing me about ! One day I go out and there’s noth­ing to be seen, how­ever hard I peer into the depths and under the pond plants, the next there are 8 of them, then 3, or 1.  Sneak­ing … Con­tinue read­ing

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A favourite short tour.

A beau­ti­ful sunny but not too hot June after­noon — Mil­lenium Bridge, Walmg­ate Stray, Uni­ver­sity, Hes­ling­ton Long Lane, Gyp­sey Corner, Bridle Paths to Scoreby, tea and lemon meringue pie at the Bal­lon Tree(and asparagus to take home), Gate Helms­ley, War­t­hill, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Do Frogs Eat Fish?

Or, to be pre­cise, gold-fish? I bought ten of the little bug­gers yes­ter­day and there only seem to be three left. No sign of her­ons and the cats are too incom­pet­ent. Can only think that one of the old fat … Con­tinue read­ing

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