When nature works its magic

As if by magic things are growing in the kitchen garden.  It’s been such a pleasure to be staking and tying up the tomatoes, building a brassica netting and spending time admiring how nature works.  I just wished this fennel bulbs were a little more grown up...

Cycling: the hard way

When I think of cycle racing it’s not the Tour de France that sticks in my mind.  Not that I don’t turn into a cycling freak for three weeks a year.  No, my favourite memories of cycling are watching the Milk Race cyclists zooming over Cheney Hill, Nr...