This novel is set on the fictional Scottish island of Morvan and set amongst the hill walkers and shooting estate folk who enjoy this landscape. It’s a good yarn and I enjoyed reading it. When I tell you that the land owner is called Lord Purdey and he has a couple of unsympathetic criminal gamekeepers,…
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Tim Melling – Blue-winged Teal
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Tim writes: I’ve long wanted to photograph a Blue-winged Teal in flight showing its trademark blue wings. But you can see that the speculum (the shiny panel at the back of a duck’s wing) is green. Ironically it is the green speculum that gives rise to the name in Green-winged Teal, yet both species share…
Election night opportunity?
I’ll be at home that evening; whether celebrating or bursting into tears, it will be best done in private. Ralph Underhill hopes to be back soon in his regular Saturday morning slot.
PEA Award winners
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The PEA (People. Event. Achievement) awards event where I had yummy vegetarian food has now posted the winners of the various categories. The World Land Trust table had a very good evening. There was quite a lot of focus on plastic use – reducing it of course. Things really have changed a lot in the…
Election watch (8) – the Green Party manifesto
Here are my first thoughts on the Green Party manifesto – it’s a large document but fairly easy to read. What follows is a series of quotes from the manifesto (in order and with a reference to the section in which they appear) and then I make some remarks about it at the foot of…
Election watch (7) – LibDem manifesto
Here are my first thoughts on the LibDem manifesto – or Jo Swinson’s plan. What follows is a series of quotes from the manifesto (in order and with a reference to the section in which they appear) and then I make some remarks about it at the foot of this blog post. I’m only looking…
Election watch (6) the Brexit party
There’s not much here to detain us from an environmental point of view. Scrap HS2 Invest £2.5bn in our Fishing and Coastal Communities: with a Clean-Break Brexit we recover control of a 200 mile exclusive economic zone (or the median line), creating the opportunity to regenerate our coastal communities with new investment, jobs and tourism….
Election watch (5) – Labour manifesto
Here are my first thoughts on the Labour manifesto – it’s a large document but fairly easy to read. What follows is a series of quotes from the manifesto (in order and with a reference to the section in which they appear) and then I make some remarks about it at the foot of this…
Today…
…I am reading the Labour, Green and LibDem party manifestos to try to find out what they might do for nature. More later.
Election watch (4) – the Number 65 bus
The journey from home to Kingston Academy is not one I’ve made before, nor probably ever will again but, for the record, the bit from Wellingborough station involves the tube to Richmond and the 65 bus from outside the station to the school (2.5 hours each way on a good day). But why? Yesterday evening…