Stonehenge Pensioner
Dorset tribes; past and present
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Freshwater Pollution
Freshwater pollution is not a subject I fully understand. I simply pick up information when I walk about my village of Highcliffe. The stream flowing down Chewton Bunny, called the Walkford Brook, has a sign attached. Being neurodiverse, I have to read such signs, assuming I…
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Spreading Oak Trees
When you drive into Highcliffe you become aware of the trees, the leaves, the shade. Whether approaching from Lymington or from Christchurch, it is the same. Beyond Highcliffe, there is more light, and less trees. Few people question why this is but the answer is fairly simple,…
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Cyclamen hederifolium
There is a Flora for Highcliffe, a booklet showing what wild flowers exist. One was written in Victorian times and another in the 1990’s. Many plants noted in the first one had disappeared at the time of the second one. However, that later one found many new plants, too often…
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Fire In The Garden
My post relates to real danger, a wolf wrapped in sheep’s clothing. In the recent wildfires in Stourbridge, a man looked into his garden. Embers flew over from a cornfield, landed in his hedge and it burst into fire. He needed, like his neighbours, to get out quick. Easier said…
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Monterey Pine
Whilst out considering nature, I saw two huge pine trees. These were situated in a development of neo-Georgian houses, all very neat and tidy. We walked up to, and under, the pines. What a feeling, and scent, from two huge trees. Neither of us knew what they were but we had this…
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The Environment
Readers might note that I focus a lot on the environment. Even my running is about being out under the sky. It is easy to bumble along and not link the many factors that comprise the environment. This came home to me very strongly when Ann and I were on a local run. We ran […]…
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Autumn Lady’s-Tresses
Congratulations, your neglected lawn is home to an orchid! Imagine that, your own wild orchid and a species never recorded in your vicinity. But, if you are a typical gardener then no chance. You will have used chemical fertilisers, even weedkillers, so that was the end of the…
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Garden Hedges
I never thought that I could hate a plant, literally, hate a plant. I was walking round a large garden nursery the other day and there it was, riling me, with its pea green leaves. Not just one but a whole row of the plants, all in pots and ready for sale. The nursery was […]…
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Men’s Legs
Men’s legs have struck me recently. At the seaside, men all wear shorts. As I stand behind them, I stare at those legs. It is often not a pretty sight. Some just look horrendous, all black and bulging, swollen with lymphoedema. Okay, so most of these men are older, like me, but…
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Highcliffe’s Pot of Gold
All of us have an opportunity to make a mark in this world before we die. Few of us do. This point struck me when I decided to try and sketch out what a nature village might look like. Nobody really knows what such a village would look like because no such place exists; it […]…