Thursday 12th June
A warm morning with some sun. I walked with Marta from Rushton to Bull Pen cafe. No diversion into Barford Meadows Reserve this time. We passed a field with a large bull, cows and calves. (All behind fences). Another field contained shorn alpacas from Homefield Spa.
June 10th 2025 Sunset over West Hill.
June 11th 2025
Tuesday 5th June
Met Marta at East Carlton Country Park at 9.45. We followed the Jurassic Way path to the Milking Parlour cafe in Wilbarston for coffee.
Damp and even wet on the way back.
May 24th 2025
After lunch we drove to Burghley to park and walk into Stamford. There’s a lot of activity in the grounds preparing for tomorrow’s “Game and Country Fair”, but we can park as usual and walk as usual, apart from having to dodge a few more vehicles than normal.
In Stamford we look at Oakham artists’ exhibition. On the way to the main street we notice swifts flying over the town, then go to buy a few cards.
Afterwards we browse without buying in the upmarket and very well-presented cheese shop, Rennet and Rind, then indulge in coffee at the Cafe Black, which is serendipitously dog-free today.
A brisk warm walk back through the park, where the trees are in full lush leaf, and then home, where the resident blackbird lands on the car bonnet waiting for raisins.
After dinner we walked round the village, where quite a number of swifts were flying high up. It had got windier, and the air was damp.
Friday 16th May
In the afternoon we walked down West Hill and along the track
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| an interesting beastie |
A walk round the village after dinner - we saw a few swifts today, and Harry heard a distant cuckoo.
Saturday 17th May
After lunch we decided to walk down behind Church Gap, in search of the cuckoo that Harry heard last night.
No joy on the cuckoo front, but a lovely walk of around 3 miles as far as the bridge over the Welland just before Thorpe by Water. We returned to have tea in the garden.
Later walk to see swifts - no cuckoo heard.
Tuesday 13th May, with Marta, around 3.6 miles.
We met at East Carlton Park at about 10.
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| Protection from flies.. |
As the cafe isn’t open on Tuesdays, we chanced our luck and were able to get aa coffee at the pub before it opened.
We retraced our steps to East Carlton and indulged in another coffee.
Wednesday 30th April 2025
A fine morning and washing on the picturesque line.
Then back for coffee and a bit of a laze.
After a late lunch, at 2.45 I went out for another walk along the old railway track.
Met several cars on one stretch of road near the last lough(an), plus one woman walking and one man cycling along the track. A few butterflies, though it was hot.
A lovely sunset - reminded me of La Serena - wide horizon, the red ball of the sun slowly sinking.
Yesterday’s crossword by Philistine was fairly straightforward, with some clever clues.
And that’s pretty well a wrap for April!
