July 2015
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Dipper waiting
With half an hour to kill in Hebden Bridge, I head over to the river to see if there are any dippers around.
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Life’s too short for pristine notebooks
How I eventually overcame my reluctance to write in my precious notebooks.
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The seahorse and the pelican
How a passage from W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn might give a clue to some family history.
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Snapping at swallows
My dad’s dog and I both pursue swallows in our own way.
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The advantages of a borrowed dog
One thing I hadn’t really appreciated, when walking dogs in the countryside, is just how much more you can end up seeing.