Frosty Window

My bathroom window, on retreat, was a tad frosty this morning.

Approaching Train

The Wrekin Writer Retreat is based near Cynghordy, which lies on the single-track Heart of Wales railway line, and it has it’s very own station … or rather, a halt. …

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Black Mountain Vista

t ‘s the Wrekin Writers Retreat this weekend, and I while travelling from a job for a magazine, I had to cross over the Black Mountain, on the Brecon Beacons, …

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Horses Hooves

The sound of man and beast travelling together …

Rectory Beeches

I love this section of the footpath through the beeches of Rectory Woods.

Beech Branches

These beech leaves won’t be hanging around on the branches for much longer. So I thought I’d make the most of them, while they were still up there.

November Day

After yesterday’s unseasonably warm weather, today feels like a still, calm, eerie, November day. But perhaps that’s because … that’s what it is! Watching the fog permeate the woods it’s …

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Alfie Dog Stories

Two of my short stories (Fledgelings, and Wiggle, Waggle, Woggle) have gone live on the Alfie Dog website today, for you to download to your reading device for the princely …

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Misty 360

iIt was one of those magical mornings this morning, when, down in the valley, the mist is trapped by the warmer air above, so if you can climb above it, …

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Pheasant Call

Hiding somewhere in the trees … a pheasant: its screeching call permeating the late October air.