November 2025
November has dawned bright and breezy here. We are close to the Donna Nook Nature Reserve, a six mile coastal strip which in November and December hosts a colony of seals. They come ashore to give birth to their fluffy white pups, which can be seen clearly from the viewing path. We hear their plaintive cries on cold mornings when sound travels farther; a reminder, along with teatime sunsets, and well-stocked log baskets, that we are coming towards Christmas and the close of
October 2025
The new month has arrived with the first foggy morning, and rain, the first for ages. So everything is very wet and chilly all of a...









































