A conversation over breakfast at a church weekend turned to electric vehicles. I made the point that I do these days, that if we simply replace current vehicle use with electric vehicles, we’ll have to burn a lot of fossil fuels to provide that much electricity and so electric vehicles may not make much differenceContinue reading “Together We Can”
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Edge time
A couple of weeks ago, I spent a day in some woods staring at the trees. Always time well spent, I find. It being a beech wood, the floor was covered in thick leaf litter – just a uniform sea of brown. After a while, I noticed some green near my feet. And then IContinue reading “Edge time”
Living in the woods
I’m just back from a short week in a cabin in a small wood in Devon. It’s part of the wonderful Sheldon retreat centre (Society of Mary and Martha) where I’ve been for luxurious retreats in the past and where we go annually for a clergy family holiday. The cabin is pretty basic, although itContinue reading “Living in the woods”
Why don’t I get out into the countryside more often?
On Monday, it was my day off. My older son (just back from university for Easter) and I set out on our bikes. We went down to the sea-front, along the eastern arm of Shoreham Harbour and crossed at the lock gates. At Shoreham, we turned up the old railway line, now a trackway, andContinue reading “Why don’t I get out into the countryside more often?”
Spring
Spring is springing in the Mabbsonsea garden. Click on the link to see some photos … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUb1SLHMF50
Pruning
I spent a happy day in the garden, pruning shrubs and doing a bit of general tidying. Here’s one of my big fuchsias before: And after: They love a good prune! I wasn’t as severe as usual. I normally wait for the leaves to drop, but this winter’s been so mild that mostContinue reading “Pruning”
Winter flowers
Here in southern England, we’re not really having winter, just a rainy season. In the relatively mild temperatures, several plants in the garden are waking up early. This elder is coming into leaf (in mid-January!): Are plants like children? If they don’t get enough sleep, will they be crabby and crotchety all the rest ofContinue reading “Winter flowers”
The Animal Museum
I had a day at London Zoo. I was there for the John Stott Memorial Lecture, this inaugural year sponsored by A Rocha and given by Chris Wright from Langham Partnership and David Nussbaum from WWF. The lectures were very good indeed, but the animals were better. There were several parts of the zoo whereContinue reading “The Animal Museum”
Camping
We bought our tent last year, to go to the Greenbelt festival. Having spent the money, this summer we went proper camping – well, proper with facilities. We had a couple of days in the New Forest, then after an indoor break at my parents’ in Dorset, we went to our annual ‘ClergyContinue reading “Camping”
Garden Life
Time for an update on the garden. Everything is doing well, although we could do with some rain soon. Here on the chalk downs, the soil dries out very quickly. I don’t know where the water’s going to come from for the fracking that’s being planned a little further inland, but they can’t haveContinue reading “Garden Life”
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