by Maria Novelly | May 19, 2021 | Projects, Thoughts about the park
Sump (sŭmp) A low-lying place, such as a pit, that receives drainage. Soakaway (səʊkəˌweɪ) – a pit filled with rubble, etc, into which rain or waste water drains With the heavy rains this winter lasting into spring, the path by the ‘wild corner’ at...
by Maria Novelly | May 13, 2021 | Projects, Thoughts about the park
Despite the wet, windy and shall we say brisk weather recently, the park has been displaying all sorts of spring finery, from the copper beech leaves to the orange blossoms of the Berberis Darwinii.And it looks like the restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic may be...
by Maria Novelly | May 3, 2021 | Projects, Thoughts about the park
A rainy day like today makes us appreciate the Park in our minds although we may not actually be strolling around in the wind and gales. However, it’s a great time to sit down at the old computer screen and say a big THANK YOU to those who have recently donated...
by Maria Novelly | Nov 24, 2020 | Thoughts about the park
Winter is coming. The park has been shrouded in mist for a few mornings recently, and the squirrels and jays are hoarding food for the hard times ahead. So industrious are they, that one wonders if they know it will be a very cold and severe winter; animals,...
by admin | Jun 11, 2020 | Thoughts about the park
“Glory be to God for dappled things -For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;Landscape plotted and pieced -fold, fallow, and plough;And all trades, their gear...
by Maria Novelly | Apr 27, 2020 | Thoughts about the park
Are there pips in the park…in the dark? As you may already know, pip is short for Pipstrelle, the most common kind of bat species in the UK, whose names range from Alcathoe to Whiskered. (1) Catherine describes how pips have been seen in the past and looks...
