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Writing tagged: ‘Carolyn’

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

End of a streak

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
Buzzard

24 December 2019

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

Published 24-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buzzards, Carolyn, Christmas, Moel Famau, red kites, Wales, Wirral
Sloe gin

22 December 2019

Putting the ‘slow’ in sloe gin.

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

16 May 2019

An encounter with bees.

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

17 January 2019

A woodland walk with a friend.

Published 17-Jan-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Carolyn, curlews, dogs, great spotted woodpeckers, jackdaws, lapwings, little egrets, robins, rooks, Wirral
Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018

24 December 2018

My 31st consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau.

Published 24-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, Christmas, dogs, Moel Famau, Wales
Grey heron

18 October 2018

Distracted by nature.

Published 18-Oct-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Carolyn, Charles Darwin, grey herons, hen harriers, insects, kestrels, on writing, spiders, Wirral

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