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Surprised to see my image from this morning’s walk suddenly appear on the national weather forecast broadcast during the BBC One o’clock News this lunchtime.
“Shropshire? Oooh, You’ll get a lot of weather up there!” That’s what most people in London said when they heard I was moving to Shropshire in 1997. (The next question …
As World Intellectual Property Day approaches, Simon Whaley explores how copyright helps our writing business. Celebrating its 21st anniversary on 26th April 2021, World Intellectual Property Day recognises the impact …
The contrast with the weather today, compared with the glorious afternoon yesterday in Ludlow, couldn’t have been more different. It was so foggy I wondered whether it was even worth …
I had to nip to Ludlow this afternoon to do some shopping and took time to enjoy the sunshine as I wandered around. After such a drab, foggy morning, the …
My Clun Valley feature is the front cover feature of the latest issue of The People’s Friend. Although a quiet corner of Shropshire, there’s a lot going on there, and …
Here in the Welsh Borders it’s been precipitating for days. That’s one downside to living in a hilly area – the hills attract clouds that simply sit on top of …
If you see a bloke standing on a hill somewhere in the Welsh Borders, scribbling away in a notebook, then it’s probably me! (Do say hello!)
A couple of days ago, I was out wandering the hills doing a route for Country Walking magazine. (It’s okay, as far as Lockdown regulations were concerned, not only was I working, but I was staying local too, for the route was one I could begin from my front door.)
Four days on from the last time the BBC used one of my WeatherWatcher photos without crediting me, it’s happened again! It’s been a grey, drab, drizzly day today, so …
I wasn’t going to let a day of blue skies go by without a slightly longer walk than usual. The past few days have been overcast, thanks to the constant …