Britain’s last wilderness

Knoydart, a refreshing, beguiling destination for intrepid travellers, once visited never forgotten

How poetic that Britain’s last wilderness should lie between heaven and hell.  It does.

Nothing says British springtime like a daffodil

Our love affair with daffodils is a long one and it’s showing no signs of slowing down

Just as it seems the grey winter days are here to stay, Mother Nature calls time and – from seemingly nowhere – intrepid little snowdrops break through the chilled soil declaring that spring is here. But, if you’re after a fanfare to announce the new season you won’t have to wait long as festoons of golden trumpets will be adorning gardens, parks and roadsides; finding their way into vases and pitchers, and brightening up homes. “With pomp and ceremony the daffodil has arrived!”

Saving the Shad

Work on a major wildlife project to reopen 150 miles of river to protected and endangered species has begun in Worcester.

‘Unlocking the Severn’ is one of the biggest river restorations of its kind in Europe. It aims to re-establish little known members of the herring family – the twaite and allis shad.

Staying grey, is it really an option?

Finally, the days of DIY hair dos, kitchen sink colour and Claudia Winkleman fringes are numbered.  Soon scissors will snip, colour will be restored, and gossip traded.  So what if stylists and clients wear PPE!  So what if we leave with wet hair to escape the new perils of a blow dry!  Our former glory is in sight.  Well … for some it is.

Me, myself and my lens

It’s a bit like looking at Alice in Wonderland as Therese Jordan in dirndl and cardigan plus mane of pre-Raphaelite tresses approaches. Only a rather too serious pair of red rimmed specs confounds the likeness.

Amber warning as big chill hits South West England and South Wales

Southern parts of the country will continue to experience some very disruptive weather this evening, tonight and tomorrow.

Wonder review – grab your popcorn, find a hand to hold, watch the film and share the love

On the face of it Wonder is certainly a feel-good, heart-warming film.

“there’s no such thing as ordinary”

The tale’s wrapped round the travails of a home-schooled 10 year-old boy, Auggie, whose face is disfigured, and his quest and that of his family for him to be mainstream, (read ‘ordinary’ for ‘mainstream’ – Auggie does).

In search of my eyes

(Photo credit Getty embedded)

 

It isn’t that wearing glasses isn’t sexy.  It isn’t that getting them is freakishly expensive. It’s just that having had 20:20 vision pretty much all my life needing them is a shocker.

I’m not alone in this, it seems. 

7 tell-tale signs you’re turning into your mother

At some point every child/adolescent breaks for the border.

Let’s talk manners

(Photo credit MegaRat)

It takes just 38 seconds to drive up Fort Royal Hill from Worcester’s ‘ghetto’ to des res postcode WR5. It’s a significant hill.  It runs alongside Fort Royal Park, once home to a lot of used needles but famous because Oliver Cromwell routed the Cavaliers there in the Battle of Worcester.  It’s also a rat run, where parked cars challenge the rats.