Winter Projects

This week has seen Bonfire Night here in the UK. It's the day when we celebrate Guido Fawkes failing to blow up Parliament by burning effigies of him on a big fire. It's a strange festival when you think about it, but it shares lots of traditional similarities with other Winter Festivals of Light. It's…

En Vacances

So a couple of weeks ago I posted saying that I was going to France for the half-term holiday. I fully intended to write an informative blog post all about how the Normans introduced the fallow deer to the UK for hunting purposes and how deer are viewed in France. I also intended to show…

Busy Recovering

This week has been somewhat hectic. After my lovely trip to Haldon Forest last week I found that I woke up with a horrible heady cold which left me unable to do more that sit under a blanket in my chair. I've been busy knitting there though as I've had a flurry of orders so…

Deer Spotting

Having spent the week researching what deer get up to in the autumn, Mr B and I decided to head out into our local area to see if we could find some. Autumn marks the 'rutting season' for most species of deer. Rutting involves stags bellowing, fighting and generally throwing their weight around in an…