They’re extraordinary! But I have a block about reading the final one.
15 minutes talking about walking… open.spotify.com/episode/2gW9...
Listen to this episode from Hike Bike Run - The Official Podcast of the Western Front Way on Spotify. For our final pod of the year we have Peter Fiennes, one of the finest authors writing today. He t...
The smokescreen generated by recent carbon-offset setbacks should not blind us to the simple truth that we must protect our intact forests and bring back those we have lost
The smokescreen generated by recent carbon-offset setbacks should not blind us to the simple truth that we must protect our intact forests and bring back those we have lost
There's a wall of 'ex voto' (thanks offerings) to Mary in St Paul's in Hyères, south of France. All hand drawn by the grateful survivors. Most from the C19th - many earlier, some from C20th. And they are packed with incident and drama...
If you stay B&B in the Château Saint-Chartier near Nohant you’ll get to meet these guys. Six months old and still growing… And it’s an extraordinary place.
The Devil’s Pool in Nohant, France. Written about by George Sand. Approach with 3 pebbles in your left hand and making the sign of the cross with your right. There are holly (holy) trees all around…
The garden entrance to Katherine Mansfield’s home (on avenue Katherine Mansfield) in Menton looks rather sad.
This false African violet came from a cutting of a plant grown by my mother's cousin, Betty Basket (yep). I remember Betty playing hide-and-seek with our children when she was in her 80s, squeezed under a bed, giggling... and I think of her every time I see the lovely thing. Streptocarpus saxorum!
