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The Clerk in the Country
Tuesday 23rd June 2020 Tea and cake in the country Exploring the depths of a drawer during my week off unearthed this old photograph of people looking as though they’re enjoying a picnic after release from lock-down. Or they may …
The Clerk in the Country
Thursday 11th June 2020 Holiday time It’s hard to believe that this is my 25th blog entry; the Clerk has been in the Country for three whole months. I didn’t think, when I left the Lodge on March 17th, that …
The Clerk in the Country
Tuesday 9th June 2020 Rain dance successful at last! After several weeks of waltzing gently around the garden, hurrying out to hang up a line of tempting (ie to raindrops) washing whenever a cloud appeared and, in the absence of …
The Clerk in the Country
Thursday 4th June 2020 Re-building One German POW, who had lived and worked on a farm a few miles from here, sent a letter of thanks to the farmer after his return home. Lacking confidence in the English he had …
The Clerk in the Country
Tuesday 2nd June 2020 Lockdown eased The commemoration of VE Day, the gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions and scenes of more people out in the countryside have echoes of the situation round here 75 years ago, when village celebrations (a …
The Clerk in the Country
Thursday 28th May 2020 Going fishing When I trained my binoculars on a white object in a tree recently, I expected to see a carrier bag caught on a twig but picked out instead a handsome black stripe on a …
The Clerk in the Country
Tuesday 26th May 2020 Looking for plants in a distant field The welcome re-opening of garden centres reminds me of a childhood visit (rather a long time ago!) to one in this area. California Gardens was a big disappointment to …
The Clerk in the Country
Thursday 21st May 2020 Sparrow seeks similar After an interval of a few weeks, loud chirping has resumed in the bathroom extractor fan. If I interpret it correctly, the male house sparrow who built a nest there is calling for …
The Clerk in the Country
Tuesday 19th May 2020 Not the dawn chorus There is much enthusiasm presently for the dawn chorus but I’ve found on my walks that the less musical bird calls are just as interesting. The confident cawing of rooks and crows …
The Clerk in the Country
Thursday 14th May 2020 May blossom For the last few days the May blossom has been a delight round here. Hawthorn hedging was often used to mark out the new smaller fields created when traditional common fields were enclosed during …
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