Review: Regatta Women’s X-ert Capris. A few weeks ago the sun came out for a little while, a few hours of blue sky and optimism. It’s here! Spring has arrived. Then it started to rain. And in between the showers it was damp. And windy. And cold. I spend much of the bright spell contemplating long sun soaked […]
What to wear now spring has sprung
Review Bonmarche spotted belted macI just love spring when – eventually – the air (or at least the rain) gets a bit warmer, the days lengthen and things start to grow. The season also signals a move out of dark woollen clothes and big boots into the Clothes of Summer. For me it’s about belief and […]
Come on summer, we’re ready now…
This morning on my constitutional trot, I spotted this chap trotting across the road. By the time I’d fished my phone out from under several layers to take a photo, he’d reached the shelter of a hedge. It was pouring down. According to the wisdom of the internet, hedgehogs don’t come out of hibernation until mid […]
315/365 What’s your favourite season?
If autumn or winter could guarantee blue-clear skies and sharp air then that would be my favourite season However, not long after snapping the Kelpies at the Falkirk Helix, on a bike ride with Super Sister I’d had a puncture, it was spitting with rain and the route was less clearly defined. My favourite […]
34/365 A Very Welcome Sight
In the last few puffs of what I optimistically refer to as a run, I spotted them. Nestling between a pink stripy carrier bag and some dog poo. Snowdrops. Every year I am always slightly surprised that this growing has been going on in the cold ground under the ice and wet and cold. I suppose it […]