I’ve Never Seen 25 Aug 2013 | 11:19 pm

A seahorse, I used to think they only lived in  warm, tropical seas, but apparently they live here, amongst the seagrass  beds in Salcombe harbour (when the tide is in, obviously, when the seagrass wo...

Have Crab Will Travel 17 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am

Mr Uphilldowndale and I found ourselves down at the fish quay in Salcombe one morning. It was a bit of an eye opener. There aren’t the vast numbers of fishing boats I imagine there were in years g...

Drifting 13 Aug 2013 | 12:17 pm

How long have we been home from the seaside? It seems like an age, the blog has been drifting, we’ve been rather busy. I’ve just about managed to stuff everything back in the cupboards from whence it...

Out Of Touch 4 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am

You may have noticed communications have been a little slow of late, my access to the World Wide Web has been particularly tardy. We’ve been in the depths of Devon for our  annual holiday, to our...

Meadow Hay 7 Jul 2013 | 11:30 pm

It seems hard to believe that it was only Wednesday morning that Mr Uphillldowndale and I took a turn around the field wearing Wellington boots, the meadow grass was flattened to the ground, by th...

Where’ve You Been? 3 Jul 2013 | 11:28 pm

Apologies for my absence, many things have been happening around here. Including a game akin to ‘musical chairs’ with computers, it all started with an upgrade to the photo editing software I use f...

The Further Adventure of Spud the Dog, June 16th 2013 16 Jun 2013 | 09:47 pm

Of course any time spent I spent wallowing around in the field was not going to be a solitary experience. Oh no. Just don’t drop the ball Spud, don’t drop the ball.

Buttercup Syrup 16 Jun 2013 | 12:57 am

There can’t be a more  soothing linctus than sitting in a field of buttercups on a sunny afternoon. This springs bizarre weather seems to have bothered the buttercups little. Our field is swathed with...

Tulips in June 9 Jun 2013 | 01:45 am

Lost In Art 3 Jun 2013 | 01:02 am

First of all, thank you all for your kind words following my previous post, we are touched by your thoughtfulness. There are so many kind people in the blogosphere. Yesterday, I felt the need to go an...