The Bow Valley Parkway

We stopped at Johnston Canyon and Emerald Lake on the Bow Valley Parkway, en route from Calgary to Canyon Hot Springs

Heifers

I’ve been spending many, many hours sitting inside at the weekends, looking at the sunshine and fields full of tractors and cows, revising agricultural rent reviews and other such matters. But there comes a time when my brain can only take so much of compulsory purchase compensation, and then the inevitable happens. As quick as […]

A trip to the beach

The weather, having been rainy and windy for so long, finally broke. And so we went to the beach. If there are two places I’m drawn to, it’s hills and beaches. Today was no different and so we set off to Hoylake. It’s not a beach I’ve visited before, but it is vast. Of course […]

A walk in the woods

We visit Snelsmore Common, and it’s beautiful

Something about a Spaniel

Since I’ve been home from Derbyshire I’ve taken over walking the dog on the days that mum’s at work (and some of the days she isn’t) and consequently have been spending quite a lot of time with this chappy. He’s more than happy to pose for a photo (provided he gets a piece of gravy […]