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a blog about mid-life adventures from exploring outdoors in countryside and gardens to exploring ideas and music in fields at festivals, plus a space for all those thoughts that have nowhere else to go ...

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Friday, 3 April 2026

Shipley daffodils

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Sunny weather at the beginning of March found me heading out to my favorite local daffodil spot - Shipley Park, near Ilkeston. Earlier in th...
Friday, 13 March 2026

February - lethargy

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 By February I'd normally be hoping to see the end of winter, and every year I anxiously watch the weather on the second of the month, C...
Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Calke snowdrops

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  A couple of days of sunshine tempted me out and about at last - over the hills to Calke. Spring flowers were appearing everywhere - snowdr...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

January

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The year started with cold crisp weather; a bit too cold and potentially slippery underfoot for venturing outside so an excellent reason to ...
Sunday, 1 February 2026

Kedleston Snowdrops

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Having visited the winter garden at Dunham Massey, I decided local snowdrops would be flowering too, so the first sunny day we headed to Ked...
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