Glastonbury 2017 was greeted with great expectations. There had been a long period of dry weather during the build up to the festival. The few days before there had been a heat wave with temperatures in the 30s. The weather … Continue reading →
Despite the recent bad weather, we seem to have had some lovely butterflies in the last few sunny days, so Steve took their portraits and has posted an album of them – http://www.blasdale.com/blog/picture-albums/blasdale-picture-gallery-2009/2009butterflies/ We have yet to add their names – … Continue reading →
The weekend of 7th-9th August saw us meeting up in Essex with friends from Steve’s university days. This year from our base in a quiet country village courtesy of our hosts, Richard & Andrea, we visited Frinton-on-Sea and honed our sandcastle … Continue reading →
Rosemary was doing an ad hoc check of the field, when she spied some odd activity and so got the binoculars out. It looked like a large bird of prey was eating a late breakfast. A few minutes later, large … Continue reading →
Saturday 30th August saw us complete with tent at a party to celebrate Robin’s 50th birthday. How he and Tessa managed to pick the one decent summer’s day & evening, just shows the calibre of people they are. We could … Continue reading →