Hello, and welcome to my April Newsletter. I was pleased when the clocks changed last weekend and signalled the start of British Summer Time, which is always welcome with the lighter nights and longer days. However, when I looked back at my...
The Hartford Manor Series
My January 2024 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my January Newsletter. Happy New Year, everyone, I wish you all health, wealth, and happiness over the months to come, and I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas as we did. We spent a couple of days with our youngest son, David, and his...
My November 2023 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my November Newsletter. Bryan and I recently went to Farnham to spend a few days with my sister, Gill. We had a nice time catching up, going shopping, and tidying her garden, as the weather was lovely. We also managed to fit in a visit to RHS...
My January 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my January Newsletter. A belated Happy New Year everyone and I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. In recent years, Christmas hasn't gone too smoothly in my family for one reason or another. In 2019, my...
My December 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my December Newsletter. Well, the weather is certainly looking Christmassy this morning with an inch or so of snow covering the garden. It's really pretty, but the ground is so slippery! I was looking out of our lounge window a...
My November 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my November Newsletter. Now that the clocks have changed, and the nights are pulling in, it's that time of year when we all start to think about Christmas. However, the weather is so mild that lots of plants are still in full...
My October 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my October Newsletter Well, the mornings are getting colder, and the nights are pulling in so I think Autumn is upon us. However, thanks to the recent heavy rain, my garden is looking better now than it has all summer, and...
My August 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my August Newsletter. Well, what a hot and dry month July turned out to be! The soil in my back garden is quite shallow, so I've had to do a lot of watering to keep my plants alive. Goodness knows what our water bill will be,...
A Visit to Avebury and a Haunted Inn
In the absence of a holiday abroad this year we spent a weekend in Marlborough, a pleasant little town situated in the picturesque rural northeast of Wiltshire. It has a wide High Street, lined on both sides with characterful old buildings, a good variety of shops,...