Newtonmore Wildflowers

 We have been having some beautiful clear cold days recently and I went for a walk around Strone, which is a ridge above Newtonmore, with so...

 Apart from my interest in lichens and botany, I am also a keen crafter, using textiles. While I have been "confined to barracks" ...

  Apo –what? Read on and you will have a new word to add your vocabulary.  In a previous post  I wrote a little about dandelions. It is fair...

 I have become more interested in bones since I broke my ankle and got to look at the X-ray: My ankle is now held together with various bits...

As I am confined to home for the next few weeks while my ankle heals,  I decided to write a post about a Christmas plant.  Mistletoe is ofte...

 In my quest to improve my lichen knowledge, I joined a Zoom beginners course and after it was finished, our small group continues to meet b...

 For the first time, I have noticed plenty of acorns on the oaks trees that I have seen alongside the Calder on the Wildcat Trail, and on a ...