Have decided as am now on my 116 ‘post’ I ought to start using titles. Today while walking the field headland at the top of ‘Ferriby cliff’ was walking beside many poppies, now in flower. The picture above (not taken at the same spot) shows poppies in flower, as is the scentless mayweed, false oat […]
11th June, 2017. Poppies and war. Read More »
The annual horror of the early summer flail has happened this week. There must be some regulation (E.U.?) that allows highway authorities, local authorities, farmers and landowners to flail road verges, field headlands and byway verges at this time of year. The result of this clumsy, heavy-duty tractor flailing is the all late spring flowering plants
As I usually do when crossing the Humber Bridge took the dog for walk round park of the Humber Bridge Country Park, one of my favourite areas. Also noticed that the newly-built pub, the (cannot remember) Farm is now open and the car park was full. How ridiculous and scandalous are/were the plans of the
Recently took R. to appointment at leisure centre between Willerby and Cottingham, East Riding, this being the site of once De La Pole Mental Hospital. While waiting explored the site and came across the cemetery area for De La Pole, now much overgrown but incorporating a pedestal plaque to the 400 plus patients buried across
Yesterday went for a ride to Kilnsea beach at the southern end of the Holderness coast and at the head of Spurn Point. Last day of the current spell of hot weather, very busy there, lots of bird-watchers (the Yorkshire Trust for Nature Conservation’s plan to build a new visitor centre clearly meeting with much
Pleased that the forecast heavy rain held off yesterday for the open-air annual Radio 1 Roadshow this year broadcast from the grounds of Burton Constable Hall, in Holderness, 12 miles north-east of Hull. All those with tickets were bussed-in to the site from distant parking sites, this necessary as local roads are narrow and winding.