Tag Archives: Surrey
Boxing Day – A Peaceful Day For Foxes
We used to have a tradition in the UK for fox hunting on Boxing Day. Even the smallest rural towns such as Honiton in East Devon where I grew up used to practice the gruesome blood ‘sport’ and crowds of people would show up to see the hunt off. This was usually from a pub […]
Monday Morning Blues – Silent Pool, Surrey, UK
I visited the pretty pond that fills on old chalk quarry last week. Legend has it that a woodcutter’s daughter was surprised by a nobleman on a horse as she bathed in the pool. Having failed to lure her to the bank, he rode his horse into the water and caused the girl to move […]
Thursday Bird #3 – Parakeet, Surrey, UK
This week’s’ bird is a bit of a cheat, having been shot in my own back garden! The story goes that some parakeets escaped captivity a few years ago and have bred incessantly. We get quite a few in our vicinity and although not indigenous and quite frankly a bit of a bully, they are […]
Monday Morning Blues – Farthing Downs, UK
Another extremely local photo again this week as we stay confined to barracks. This one from a walk in my nearby woods featuring bluebells. Join us over on Twitter @wilburstravels for more blue themed photos that aim to disperse the Monday morning blues.
Friday Photo – Bambi in the Meadow
This a shot that my Greek friend Theo took as we were out walking my dog in Coulsdon, Surrey.
Friday Photo 26
Today’s photo is a reference to the decision by the membership of the Muirfield Golf Club to continue their ban on women being members – an extraordinary decision in 2016. I took this photo about a week ago in my local park – I wonder what these fine elderly ladies think about the vote to […]
A Little Piece Of Japan
People flock to Japan every year to see the spectacular cherry blossoms and from the pictures that I have seen they have every reason to do so. Whilst I still dream of making it to Japan one day soon, a stroll in my local park has given me a tiny taste of the bigger picture……. […]
A Walk In The Woods
A simple pleasure of life in the UK comes with a walk in the woods. Throw in a beautiful spring day and a blanket of bluebells and you have the ingredients for an enormous feeling of well-being. Finish off with a pint of Old Speckled Hen. Wonderful!
