…income is a farms shop in a nearby village and the tenant owns another farm himself. A classic case for getting planning permission to turn both barns into dwellings or…

…Portholland Valley Portholland Valley These pictures show part of the old pumping system which pumped water up the hill to serve Caerhays and Portholland villages and neighbouring farms until the…

…over rather than mown. banks 2018 – CHW Eriobotrya japonica flowering away in a garden in the village. Far too late for there to be any production of fruits despite…

…Syringa josikaea just showing too. Syringa josikaea Mixed colours of aquilegia outside the old village school. aquilegia Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ full out on the drive. Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ Rhododendron (Azalea) kiusianum has…

…Cauli’ is a vigorous tall growing form with attractive red stems. Sedum ‘Red Cauli’ A fine clipped hedge now in full flower outside Monica Trudgeon’s house in the village –…

…churchyard and village. Magnolia sargentiana var robusta Magnolia sargentiana var robusta Magnolia sargentiana var robusta In the ririei opening we have Magnolia mollicomata (left) and Magnolia sargentiana robusta (right) and…

…corn and hay harvest known, a bad season for rhodo buds. 1920 – JCW Came from Scotland this morning. The villages and towns of Cornwall all lack water in many…

…into the pandemic and wondering about what happened and why will derive one perspective from these diary entries. The full accounts of my heroes and villains of all this are…

…in the week, I stopped to photograph Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus, the snowberry, growing in the village of Frosterley. The snowberries were very fine and just starting to drop off…

…do not have the time (or botanical knowledge) to unravel further. 2019 – CHW Outside Edwina’s house in the village is a Cotoneaster bullatus producing a fine show of berries….