Monthly Archives: January 2007

I woke up at 4:30 for some obscure reason then went back to sleep until 6 when the alarm went off. We hit the road by 7. We had to get to Guildford by 1 as this was when Hertz … Continue reading →

My early morning walk today took me to the one corner of the village I’d yet to visit, high above Roxby Manor by Highfield Grange and across the fields. A lovely feeling of being in the open with the wind … Continue reading →

Up for my usual walk. Today I mounted Roxby Hill and checked out the manorial earthworks, wandering down to the dismantled railway – there is NO sight of it any more. Both were apparently once great structures, both are now … Continue reading →

I saw a barn owl! I was walking up towards a field to the west of the village when a car suddenly pulled up following a sheep dog. A woman leapt out and raced over to a field gate saying … Continue reading →

Up at 7 and out for a short morning walk at 8. The day is clearer than it has been but there’s an omnipresent threat of rain hanging over the hills. I walked up passed All Saints church and made … Continue reading →

First day of a new year and Mirinda wanted to rise early so we could go and visit the Bronte’s at Haworth (pronounced “How-eth”). It’s about 60 miles away so we were away by 8:30. Mirinda’s theory was that we … Continue reading →