This is not an aberration or a Photoshopped picture – the sun shone! And in spite of Scottish squalls, kept shining for most of the trip. Of course, there were castles; this one is Hermitage – very solid and near to nowhere. And there were distilleries....
Sixty decorated barrows in Barrow. Children and adults showing their customary ingenuity, care and humour. The theme, in keeping with D Day was anything beginning with D though the theme is never mandatory. Here are some dolphins… The W I decided to go with...
Who’d expect the lushness of this garden in Lincolnshire? It just shows how a microclimate can be created in which these beauties not only survive and grow, but flourish. Some will be brought in during the winter but many are surprisingly hardy. The sun shone...
The 12th Annual Wheelbarrow Weekend just went by. My entry doesn’t much like a barrow but it is one – or, at least, the remains of one. After the bottom rusted away all I was left with was a skeleton – and here he is with a few lotions and potions to...
Not surprisingly, getting Son of the Secret Gardener out into the world has occupied a lot of my time over the last couple of months. My PR person, Elly Donovan, has been fantastic and as a result I’ve done a lot of local radio interviews and got coverage in all...
The dolphin sculpture sits on a promontory in Portsoy on the Aberdeenshire coast. Portsoy is a small harbour town but with imposing 18th century buildings on the quayside. You can see the dolphin on the horizon here. Not far away is Cawdor with a typical Scottish...
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