Monthly Archive: June, 2023

When is a bodger not a bodger?

I always thought a bodger was someone who made chairs. “no, no, no!” corrected a chair maker. “The bodger cut wood into chair leg lengths.” So it seems feasible to me that the… Continue reading

You can’t use your bus pass here!

Well it was worth a try! Nor, despite the fact that the East Anglia Transport Museum is fairly near the sea, would they even recognise my Oyster Card. The transport museum – rather… Continue reading

Life is full of surprises

You go to somewhere like London with a definite idea of what you want to photograph but then suddenly the whole plan changes because you see something totally unexpected. I decided that I… Continue reading

Making the feathers fly

Once again one of our bird boxes achieved a nest – this year a family of great tits. If we were methodical we would have logged and documented the day when the first… Continue reading

Getting steamed up at Strumpshaw

For those who know about things like the Strumpshaw Steam Museum and the Strumpshaw Steam Rally will be surprised that I haven’t been there with the camera before now. The rally itself has… Continue reading