a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

and here is scurvy grass growing in its natural habitat rather than by the roadside ( qv ), in an almost inaccessible little spot called Ba...

one of the nice things about walking in new places is that you find new plants. This is spring squill, which we have neither seen nor heard ...

we took the bold decision today to leave the safe confines of the Tamar valley and to explore the coast of North Cornwall. This is a small c...

early purple orchid growing in the hedgerow on the way into our village (duckpond to the left at the bottom of the road)

rebuilding the summer house, which the previous owners have left in a very ramshackle state. A lot of mud and spit is required.

Kelly Bray mine workings (now a world heritage site) in foreground, and Linkinhorne parish church in background, and Bodmin moor in far dist...