2012-04-06 15:20
This will be my last 'Cotswold Peep'. It's been many months since I posted here and I've realised that I've simply not got the time to keep two blogs going. Exciting things are happening an… Read More
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2012-02-12 19:18
At last spring is upon us and we have had the first really pleasant walk of the year, the sun warm and the breeze mild. The weather was the best thing about tthe day, for we chose to venture… Read More
2011-11-13 17:18
(Please click image for larger wide-angle view)The Rollright Stones are situated on a high point overlooking our part of the Cotswolds, near Chipping Norton. A bleak spot at most times of t… Read More
2011-09-28 13:04
Those precious late summer/early autumn days when there is faint tang in the air, yet it is still hot during the day. Now that the cricket season is over, our days off can be spent rediscov… Read More
2011-09-28 13:04
Those precious late summer/early autumn days when there is faint tang in the air, yet it is still hot during the day. Now that the cricket season is over, our days off can be spent rediscov… Read More
2011-08-21 15:43
Autumn is every so gradually smearing a moist, dewy finger over the tail end of summer. But still we are getting glorious sunny days, made even more beautiful for the knowledge that they w… Read More
2011-07-18 07:35
Tucked away on the edge of a small Cotswold village is a quite extraordinary church, though it you would not guess this from the outside. St Nicholas at Oddington. I cycled out on Marjorie… Read More
2011-04-22 08:32
We are quite spoilt for delightful little churches in the UK - almost every village and small town has an old and interesting place of worship, many of which have been around for the best… Read More
2011-04-07 09:09
Has it really been two months? Apologies to everyone and thank you for waiting! But spring is here and today Marjorie and I took ourselves off for a shopping trip. First we stopped to get so… Read More
2011-02-01 17:05
It has been a grey, dismal January and cold with it. Not walking or cycling weather really. But when the sun has made a rare appearance, we too have emerged blinking, like pale grubs. Shal… Read More
2011-01-01 17:26
Today, January the first, seemed a fitting start to the New Year to get my cycling legs back. I haven't been out for a ride since breaking my arm back at the start of October and felt a bit… Read More
2010-12-26 16:10
Seasonal greetings from the Cotswolds to all! Great Britain is undergoing it's coldest winter since records began in the 1890's and here in our patch we have had even worse snow than last Ja… Read More
2010-12-14 20:51
With the weather milder - but still dank and wintery - long walks are resumed. The kind of 'duty' walks taken with a stiff upper lip and the intention to get it all over with as soon as poss… Read More
2010-12-06 16:50
Readers who subscribe to my other blog will know that in early October I broke my upper arm. It's been a long two months and I've been somewhat reclusive since then, venturing out for little… Read More
2010-10-18 11:35
I think it was in July that we were in the pretty West Oxfordshire village of Combe for a game of cricket. The grounds are set just to the village edge, overlooking the small but imposing ch… Read More
2010-10-05 18:48
Monday was glorious - after days of rain we were treated to a balmy remnant of summer and despite suffering yet another cold I felt drawn to the woods as if seeking sanctuary there.All manne… Read More
2010-08-25 19:24
The other evening, Andy returned from work and immediately whisked me off on the motorbike (I just had time to grab my camera and helmet). Apparently the views up on the Shipton Downs, a fiv… Read More
2010-08-13 15:45
As usual I have kept all pictures to a decent size, so do click for more detail.It has been such a long time since we were able to get out for a walk; I have been tied to my painting board w… Read More
2010-07-12 09:59
At the end of June we escaped across the border to visit nearby Belas Knap, a prehistoric monument situated in the heart of the Cotswolds. Along the way we stopped on a top road to look acro… Read More
2010-07-12 09:59
At the end of June we escaped across the border to visit nearby Belas Knap, a prehistoric monument situated in the heart of the Cotswolds. Along the way we stopped on a top road to look acro… Read More
2010-06-17 15:34
Our first little walk away from the village for weeks, just a two hour potter round a nearby footpath. The Cotswolds are glorious in summer, lush with greenery and basking contentedly under… Read More
2010-05-29 12:45
Sadly my last blog post was also the last time we managed to get out for a good long ramble. Since then, work has taken over again and I've been back in my studio. One thing I do try to do e… Read More
2010-05-11 13:32
With the worst of my deadlines over, we celebrated with a good, long ramble around one of our favourite valleys. This walk takes longer than most as there are always so many things to look… Read More
2010-04-23 09:21
A brief interlude to wish everyone who wishes to be wished, a happy St George's Day. Everytime I walk or cycle past a village church nestling in (still) unspoilt countryside I feel a small b… Read More
2010-04-10 13:17
With so many deadlines to finish in the studio, it's been a few weeks since I have been out and about. It's a horrid situation, but unavoidable. The last tramp we had was to a little village… Read More
2010-03-20 21:45
Last week we went up to the Cotswold Hills on a chilly spring day. As we parked the bike, a farmer drove into a field on a quad bike, towing a high sided trailer. Four lambs and two ewes tum… Read More
2010-03-12 12:54
This is one part of the tale of two churches, lying within a mile or so of each other. The first church (as seen in my previous post 'A Cotwolds bonbon') is the one situated above, in the v… Read More
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