We’ve been lucky enough to have a long dry and warm spell this autumn, so it was hard to resist the call of the local forest today. Charmouth Forest on the borders of East Devon and West Dorset is a mix of broadleaf woodland and coniferous forestry, and…
Category: genius loci
My first visit to Polperro a couple of weeks ago reminded me just how clear the Cornish sea can be – where I live on the Devon-Dorset border, coastal erosion means that the sea is often cloudy with sediment. Most of the time I was there, the clouds…
I have a great fondness for old ramshackle buildings, and Southwold Harbour in Suffolk is a fertile hunting ground, with its abundant fishermen’s and boat sheds in various, glorious, states of dishevelment. Tarred wood, corrugated iron, paint and dusty glass combine to make lots of little cameos for…