Meetings with curious sheep, all serendipidous and unplanned; but were they really sheep? These two sheep were browsing under woodland up the Tarset valley in north west Northumberland, almost in Scotland. They clearly showed the effects of the … [Read more]
Did the Vikings play cricket?
'Did the Vikings play cricket?' is not a question that is often asked; but it is worth considering. We believe that merely in asking the question we may well be opening up a new field of scientific enquiry which has the potential to keep many … [Read more]
Sight and sound beside the Suffolk sea (1)
As Covid 19 restriction are, unwisely in my view, lifted, it is nevertheless good to be able to get around in the car again. Actually, that is not true in the sense that throughout the 16 months of the lockdown, I have felt no inhibitions at all … [Read more]
Miscellany
Apparently I have allowed this web-page to lie fallow for nearly two months. Apologies for that. Goodness knows where June and July have gone; certainly I have very little to show for them, though these days just still being alive and well is quite … [Read more]
Encounters with Rare-Breed Sheep
This is a self-indulgent little pictorial essay to mark the publication of my 250th blog Lisa the Jacob ewe Whitefaced Woodland lambs Hebridean ewes and lambs waiting for more … [Read more]
Surreal in Suffolk III: art on Aldeburgh beach
Art on Aldeburgh beach is not an unknown or uncontentious subject; but a recent episode, local and petty in several respects, involves an internationally-known sculptor, Antony Gormley, defending his art against the 'villain' of the tale, a London … [Read more]
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