A day on the nymph

A day on the nymph

It’s early May and it’s been a strange season so far.  And Covid is the least of that. It’s been the coldest and driest start to a season I can remember. It’s been a mixed blessing. The river has been beautiful. It’s never been so clear even at summer lows....
Beating the Floods

Beating the Floods

After a good day in perfect conditions on the swale yesterday I was hoping to go out today with Chandra for some fishing. It would be Chandra’s first chance to get out for the year, so we were both looking forward to it. Unfortunately the weather seemed to have other...
Musk Thistle

Musk Thistle

Often called the nodding thistle, which seems a good description as the flowers do indeed bend over in a most characteristic way, as if nodding their heads. It’s not common along riverbanks, but occasionally shows up on gravel bars, amongst other thistles; which...
Wood Cranesbill

Wood Cranesbill

The Wood Cranesbill is species of geranium. The common houseplant that most people know as the Geranium is a relative, but is actually a Pelargonium. They all have long pointed seed pods that look somewhat like the long beak of a crane and give then their common name....
Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

The Honeysuckle has to be one of the most iconic and characteristic English native plants. It has the kind of showy and exotic flowers that one associates more with tropical forests than the English countryside. It’s widely planted in gardens as it is so...
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