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This is my countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Dundee Courier newspaper.
Archive for October, 2017
Classroom in the great outdoors
Saturday, October 28th, 2017
THIS WEEK I revisited Murton Farm Nature Reserve situated two miles outside Forfar, on the A932 Forfar-Friockheim road. The reserve was created from 80 acres of worked-out sand and gravel quarries. Over twelve years, what was derelict wasteland has been brought back into proper balance and transformed into an asset that is of value to nature, wildlife, the environment and the community. (more…)
A knock at the blue door
Saturday, October 21st, 2017
LIFE IN the countryside revolves round the four seasons. Each one affects a countryside writer like myself and I adjust my walking patterns to the daily weather and the physical conditions on the ground. (more…)
Sound, fury and Features
Saturday, October 14th, 2017
THE CHRISTMAS robin is depicted as a roly-poly, jolly little bird with scarlet breast feathers epitomising all that is warm and cosy about Christmas. (more…)
A picture of the Artist’s Town
Saturday, October 7th, 2017
THE DOYENNE and I are back from a week’s break in Kirkcudbright, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Dumfries and Galloway. (more…)