Cycling holidays ·
An Everest in West Oxfordshire
It is a not unusual occurrence, while I toil up Uffington’s White Horse Hill on what I refer to as my daily mortification, for me to…
Cycling holidays ·
Up the Downs
My base camp at the foot of the Lambourn Downs (north side) is well placed for bike rides up to the Ridgeway – short bursts of…
Dog training ·
Practice makes Percy
Here beginneth the second lesson. The pod drapes have been pulled back a little, allowing our puppies to rub noses through the bars of the cage.…
Dog training ·
Percy goes to school
At 6.45 on a damp autumn evening, 15 minutes early (as instructed), six young dogs and their human appendages have assembled outside a village hall in…
Oxfordshire ·
Red kites. Why did we bother?
I have read that the reason red kites needed our help to survive is that they are rather stupid birds, as well as being too slow…
Oxfordshire ·
A new Tesco
I had only just got over missing my chance to make a day trip to the M25 for the vernissage of the new service station between…
Oxfordshire ·
Scouring the White Horse
Brilliant Bank Holiday weather brought the crowds out in force, queuing up with their buckets and spades to scratch the surface of our old white horse…
France ·
Attention: chien méchant
Now that the weather has taken a turn for the better, the country roads around us are full of people on horses, bicycles and their feet,…
Oxfordshire ·
White Horse Hill
I live beneath White Horse Hill, one of many in the middle of southern England. Most mornings I look out of the window and think how…