What is it with weather forecasting in this country? Is it that difficult? Clearly it must be because the standard down here in The New Forest has been relatively poor. The inaccuracy, it must be said, has sometimes been to…
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Relatively Poor Forecast
Posted in 2010 New Forest Tagged with: dragonflies, England, nature, New Forest, photography, travel, wildlife
Relatively Pleasant Day
Francine has a relative living nearby. She had arranged that we visit her at about 2:30 this afternoon. Before then, though, we were free to use a sunny morning for some fun and games. The nice thing about a wildlife…
Posted in 2010 New Forest Tagged with: dragonflies, England, fungi, nature, New Forest, photography, travel, wildlife
Southern Surprise
Quite why bad weather forecasts are generally more accurate than good weather forecasts, I don’t know. They are, though. As predicted, today dawned rainy and solidly overcast. We tromped off to Christchurch in search of a McDonalds McWiFi. Could we…
Posted in 2010 New Forest Tagged with: Christchurch, England, nature, New Forest, photography, travel, wildlife
Snaketails in the Forest
There are dragonflies called Snaketails or, rather, there are dragonflies named Snaketails by our American cousins. In the British English world, the Green Snaketail (Amerispeak) is the Green Clubtail (Britspeak). Naturally, the French-speaking world and the German-speaking world have other…
Posted in 2010 New Forest Tagged with: butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, England, nature, New Forest, photography, travel, wildlife
In for a Good Cause
Last year while travelling in France I was developing my usual cracked heels problem from sun and sandals (without socks!). Francine, having somehow managed to drag me into a sports shop, spotted some helpful looking shoes called Techamphibians by Salomon.…
Pretty Destructive
Being a farm site with a reasonably sized lake, our camp site and Fanjeaux is home to a diverse collection of wildlife. The lake currently has a family of mallards, a family of coots and some frustrating little grebes that…
Godot Arrives!
Well, wha’ d’ ya know? Godot is actually here in the form of some sunnier, drier weather. The wind is still with us but we beggars won’t be choosers and we’re very relieved. All our fellow campers look much relieved,…
Posted in 2010 Spring Tagged with: dragonflies, France, frogs, nature, photography, travel, wildlife
Cricket Season
There are usually just a couple of months of the year that offer sane people some respite from the tribal fanaticism of the erstwhile sport of soccer. Cricket should take over and, whilst not as gentlemanly as it used to…
Gibier d’Eau
While most of the rest of France suffers from unseasonably poor weather, we’ve stayed rather longer than anticipated on the west coast at the Côte Sauvage because it seems largely to be escaping. Normandy and Brittany also seem to be…
Posted in 2010 Spring Tagged with: Cote Sauvage, food, France, nature, photography, travel, wildlife
Nesting Hoopoes
For the last couple of days, flying rapidly across one of the two fields we have to ourselves on this still blissful campsite, we’ve seen hoopoes. The hoopoe is surely one of nature’s strangest avian creations, resembling a clown with…
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