Daily Diary
27
January
Monday 27 January, 2020
Initially a Jay flew into the tree tops as I arrived. Soon it was on the road verge at the foot of Elm trees. Later on...
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by Paul Jones
26
January
Sunday 26th January 2020
As I wondered down to Durlston Head I took a detour to caravan terrace where some Primroses were in bloom, I also took...
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by Katie Black
24
January
Friday 24th January, 2020
The grey start was a bit of a disappointment, with the morning seeming very dark, however the birds were singing to en...
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by Katie Black
20
January
Monday 20 January, 2020
What a glorious morning, the superb pink sunrise lighting the undersides of the fluffy clouds.
Bobbing on the calm s...
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by Katie Black
19
January
Sunday 19 January, 2020
States of matter stretch and shift, they change like sock and buskin
Treacherous the ground can be, the ground we pl...
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by Douglas Hart
17
January
Friday 17 January, 2020
Moon half empty? Moon half full? Which phrase is more correct?
Waxing, waning, filling, draining. Does it change wit...
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by Douglas Hart
16
January
Thursday 16th January
A gorgeous morning with the cackling calls of Jackdaws coming from above, as the flock of 20+ swooped, stalled and tum...
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by Katie Black
14
January
Tuesday 14 January, 2020
The castle woodchip path had been scoured by water flow. Dougs drainage works were good. However, we forgot about the ...
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by Paul Jones
13
January
Monday 13 January, 2020
Youve seen me oh so many times, embracing walls of stone
A waistcoat wrapped round wrinkled bark, or on a log laid p...
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by Douglas Hart
12
January
Sunday 12 January, 2020
My first task was to attach two large Please shut the gate signs on Lighthouse Bridge gate. Unfortunately, eight Heref...
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by Paul Jones
10
January
Friday 10 January, 2020
Upon the picnic bench verge of the climbers car park were easily one hundred flowering Common Daisies. Nearby a silent...
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by Paul Jones
09
January
Thursday 09 January, 2020
The sky holds rearing mountains, furrowed fields and seas of blue
Mackerel scales spread out in trails above the mor...
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by Douglas Hart
08
January
Wednesday 8th January 20
Thick fog welcomed my patrol, barely able to see the hedge ahead of me. However it gave me the chance to listen to the...
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by Katie Black
07
January
Tuesday 7th January 2020
Off to the downland this morning where the sight of 5 Bullfinches perched in the bare branches of a Sycamore stood out...
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by Katie Black
06
January
Monday 6th January, 2020
A jaw-dropping sunrise this morning, with the sky over the sea blazing cherry red and gold and streaks of sparkling cr...
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by Ali Tuckey
05
January
Sunday 05 January, 2020
Last night a Fox trotted across Lighthouse Road after Long Meadow as I departed in the dark. This morning there was th...
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by Paul Jones
03
January
Friday 03 January, 2020
Today I walked out armed with new snug wellingtons and thus ventured into the Meadows. My boots squelched and slurped ...
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by Paul Jones
31
December
Tuesday 31 December, 2019
Our siblings walked this storied land in epochs laid in stone
The land was theirs, those tyrant kings, none would ch...
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by Douglas Hart
30
December
Monday 30 December, 2019
I managed to find a few flowers this morning. A couple of pale blue Sea Aster flowers persisted beneath the protection...
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by Paul Jones