Tag: natural history

  • eruptions

    Last week, Sunday 24 August, we had a gang of bairns round to test out the new trampoline. About mid-day on a hot day the shout went up: flying ants....

  • Desperate weather (26 October walk)

    The morning walk on the beach today was punctuated by unexpected animals. I’ve not really been through a whole year here, and while I see the tide rise and fall...

  • medullar walk (16 October walk)

    I got up very early this morning as I must go down to Edinburgh to look at the nearest available copy of Suśruta. That meant getting up at 4:00 to...