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After my morning trip to see mother I had lunch then decided to take advantage of a lovely day and wander off. I only planned a couple of miles or so down to the lttle wilderness valley There was very little of interest after this evergreen welcomed me to

From Friday aftertoon the latest storm hit.IA bad time as two high spring tides were also due, with 70mph + winds and very heavy rain we had flooding in the lower parts of the island and the seal cam was wrecked. With Saturday's trip to town a no go I

I set off in suuny weather for my first proper walk for a long time i walked along the beach to Thorny Nook and with no flood warnings I carried on,halfway down I turned a bend and was confronted by flood water.Now I had the choice of retracing my steps

I awoke with a stiff back and sore hips .I put this down to about 3 miles of my walk yesterday being on asphalt or tarmac a very unforgiving surface for walking on On the plus side my lungs are in good shape and my blood pressure was normal on my return.

I went out to feed the birds this morning and spotted the first sign og the garden awakening. A Dafodil in the middle of the unkept grass. The wet autumn and winter curtailed preperations for the season such as grass cutting,plant pruning etc so this

Today we had wall to wall sunshine for most of the day and it was a balmy 14c very warm for these parts. I ditched the winter coat and hiking boots and sonned a lighter jack and walking trainers.It was like being released from constraints . it was a very

Today dawned as bright and sunny as yesterday so after a leisurely breakfast I broke out the boots,back support and strimmer,took a deep breath and set too taming the front garden. I started at 9:45 and by the time I had strimmed both sides of the garden

After a spell of glorious weather it's all change again. Yesterday was nice if a little cooler so it was back to the garden. I raked the dead grass off the front intending to start on the back garden after lunch.My back decided otherwise and refused to