weir – Jill Orme Photography

3 Jul 2026

Drama

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These days I try – really, I do – not to take civilians off at the ankles. But honestly – why would you walk up to a woman who’s leaning over a bridge rail, tracking a dragonfly with a large … Continued

7 Apr 2026

Flighty

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R had to go into Stratford this morning, and as I was feeling light and skittish after yesterday’s superhuman assault on the admin mountain I decided to go along too. While he was having blood tests done at the hospital, … Continued

14 Jul 2025

Grey

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R and I both went into Stratford this morning, he because he had a couple of appointments, and I in the hope of getting him to buy me lunch. There were still plenty of Banded Demoiselles at Lucy’s Mill and … Continued

19 Aug 2024

Frothy

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It was a dour kind of a day, but having no temptation to go out hunting inverts this afternoon did at least mean that I got a lot of other things done around the house. Shortening my to-do list didn’t … Continued

20 Jul 2024

Losing the toss

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R and I went to Stratford this morning, for the first time in a while, for walking, coffee, and cake. We were heading back towards Old Town on the south side of the river when we saw this heron standing … Continued

11 Feb 2023

White water dining

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After receiving some news this morning that was saddening if not unexpected, I felt a strong need to be out walking, so I headed for the nearest walkable stretch of the Avon, between Bidford and Marlcliff. The tufted ducks of … Continued

20 Dec 2021

Bookends

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Photographing distant birds with a 100mm macro lens is clearly a fool’s errand, and if I’d expected to be walking along the bank of the River Taff this afternoon I’d have taken a decent sized lens with me when I … Continued

18 Dec 2021

Fun

by JDO | posted in: People, Sport, Warwickshire | 0

For R and me, today was mostly about Christmas planning and preparation. Up until a few days ago it felt as though nothing was quite under our control, but now we have a mind map and multiple lists, with colour-coded … Continued

26 Apr 2021

Calculation

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H and S set off northwards this morning, and R and I found ourselves feeling a little sad and deflated after the excitement of the weekend, so we went off to Stratford for a walk along the river and a … Continued

5 Mar 2019

Footbath

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I went over to Brandon Marsh today, in search of a couple of whooper swans that have been reported there over the past few days. I found them quite easily, but they were zonked on the edge of an island, … Continued