Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Campaigning came to mind after I got an email from publisher saying roughly: as I enjoyed Lissa Evans’ previous book(s), perhaps I’d like to read this one. This one is called Small Bomb at Dimperley, and I’m still dithering. But
East from Titchfield and you’ll soon come to Portsmouth Harbour. Another big port, with substantial naval interest – and birds too. This is my last post for this year’s #30Days Wild. Remind me not to give myself so much work
Botley starts the last week of #30DaysWild for this year. Last week we worked our way east from the New Forest, across the rivers Test and Itchen, and briefly glimpsed the upper reaches of the Meon. Today we’re doing the
The River Test flows to the west of me southwards into Southampton Water. The River Itchen flows to the east of me, down to Southampton Water. Hamble, Meon, and the others are beyond that. All the rivers arround Southampton Water,
This is very much a then and now post. Then, in the 1970s, my parents had moved to a village in Dorset, and were exploring the countryside. I spent a lot of time with them before my career got going,
Poole Harbour is just stuffed with places to watch birds. On the south side you meet up with the north side of of the Isle of Purbeck, (access by ferry in summer). The Isle of Purbeck is one of those
West Bexington was the venue for my holiday in May last year, and I think most of the information about it was in the guinea pigs’ blog when they came back. I’m revisiting places I’ve watched birds in this area,
The Wildlife Trusts’ 30Days Wild starts today. I’m sort of taking part with Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight jaunts. If you’ve been here in June before, you’ll have experienced the pure versions of 30DaysWild, with me doing something wild
Today I round up my Not 30 Days Wild environmental activities for June, because the rest of the month I’ll be too busy with family birthdays. Two of those are taking place in a garden/arboretum, so I expect there’ll be
Part 3 of my Great Plastics Project takes me back to compare my plastics use in April 2022 with 2021, as reported in this post. And… it’s time for #30DaysWild again, but I haven’t signed up for it because… why?
This Insect Survey was something I stumbled upon thanks to the BTO’s enewsletter. Apart from the fact I’m always up for ten minutes just standing and watching some flowers, it’s good to be useful in gathering real scientific data that
Yes, another 30DaysWild is over, but as you’ll see from Tuesday’s post (if it ever goes up) I have another fun thing to keep me thinking of wild things for the rest of the summer. Second Half Update For the
Part 2 of my Great Plastics Project is to analyse the contents of my month’s accumulation of plastic and work out where it can go. If I can’t recycle it, I want to work out how to avoid bringing it
Mid-month Catch-up? Yes, we’re already over halfway through June, and the longest day (northern hemisphere) is fast approaching. Several other deadlines are already here, so I don’t know what I’ve been doing since the end of May… oh yes, #30DaysWild!
Tunnel is this week’s #writephoto prompt. I’m still doing #30DaysWild, so my thoughts turned to nature writing again. It’s lovely to see the number of participants in #writephoto growing again, and that’s all thanks to KL Caley hosting it at