Monday, 29 August 2016

Eastern Travels

Bank holiday weekend and off to East Anglia . . .

Catch-up with family, and some nice days out to some new local sights - for some reason we'd never made it to St Ives before, with its charming waterfront and C15th bridge with a chapel built into it:


Another trip took us to Gooderstone Water Gardens and we also made a return visit to Oxburgh Hall:


Unfortunately we couldn't get inside, as they'd recently experienced the dramatic collapse of a Victorian dormer window into the courtyard (as seen here) at which point I guess health and safety kicked in!


All in all a good weekend, with some great fenland skies:



Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Magpie Moth

Spotted this on the lawn today - thought it was a butterfly at first but couldn't identify it . . . 

Luckily there are experts out there who know about these things, and it turns out it is actually a Magpie Moth - pity it was dead really!

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Seashore Sunshine

Beautiful sunny evening on the prom - what else is there to say!


Saturday, 13 August 2016

Here We Go Again . . .

The (almost) annual marrow post - never quite get to those courgettes in time!


Adapted a bhaji recipe this year to use the grated marrow, which has worked well - certainly got plenty to work my way through!