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Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Gilbert White shouts at bees

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Sitting out on the towpath with some folk from Australia, who keep bees near Melbourne and took a keen interest in the size and variety of t...
Saturday, 4 July 2026

Scary Creepy Conkwell Woods

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Conkwell Woods are on the side of the Avon valley below Bradford on Avon. The Kennet and Avon Canal runs through them, between the Dundas an...
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Saturday, 23 May 2026

Kennet and Avon collage

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I did this picture to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust. (you can get a copy from my Etsy shop, here ). It s...
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Friday, 10 April 2026

illustrated map of Somerset

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Here's my new Somerset map. You can get a copy of it here.  There's lots of stuff on the map, so I've compiled a concordance to...
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Wednesday, 4 March 2026

replacing the pedal assist sensor on a Swytch bike

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I put a Swytch electric conversion kit on my bike last summer. It's very useful, though the claimed range is substantially greater than ...
Sunday, 1 February 2026

St Brigid's Eve; celandines and mistle thrushes

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Happy St Brigid's Day! Here she is with some oystercatchers, known in Gaelic and Irish as 'Brigid's servants' - Gille-Brìde,...
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Sunday, 21 December 2025

midwinter on the canal

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Moored up at Diggers, between Bradford on Avon and Bath, in the Avon valley. The boat next door is Kestrel, an old working butty.   At dawn,...
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