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Writing tagged: ‘Carolyn’

End of a streak

Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018
Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018

My 32-year streak climbing the same hill in North Wales on Christmas Eve has come to an end. 😕

Published 24-Dec-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, coronavirus, Mike D, Stense, Wales

24 December 2019

Buzzard

My 32nd consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau in North Wales.

Published 24-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Carolyn, Christmas, Wales, Wirral

22 December 2019

Sloe gin

Putting the ‘slow’ in sloe gin.

Published 22-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, Christmas, food and drink

16 May 2019

Carolyn and Minnie.

An encounter with bees.

Published 16-May-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: bees, Carolyn, insects, Wirral

17 January 2019

Carolyn and Minnie

A woodland walk with a friend.

Published 17-Jan-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Carolyn, Wirral

24 December 2018

Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018

My 31st consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau.

Published 24-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, Christmas, dogs, Wales

18 October 2018

Grey heron

Distracted by nature.

Published 18-Oct-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Carolyn, Charles Darwin, on writing, spiders, Wirral

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