The park looks beautiful as always.

The first step in tidying the garden is to pick up fallen twigs. This large one sits mostly in the m...

Plane trees by the roadside provide convenient anchors for the ropes.

Plane trees by the roadside provide convenient anchors for the ropes.

Some sturdy Polish engineering comes to our aid.

The tree begins to move.

It is now well on its way out of the mill stream.

We added a third chain block with a 25m chain.

Every keen gardener should have at least three chain blocks, plus assorted ropes, bow shackles, snat...

Autumn colours in the late afternoon sun.

The front garden might be untidy but there is a natural beauty to the surroundings.

Autumn colours in the late afternoon sun.

Autumn colours in the late afternoon sun.

Autumn colours in the late afternoon sun.

Weeding the garden is on a different scale here.

Now that it is all the way out, you can see the full length of the log.

The river is high following heavy rain upstream.

This record of the height of the water above the barrage will help in estimating the flow.

November 19th. After what seems like weeks of wet days, it is nice to have sunny weather again.

Trees by the leat and the old pond, with the park in the background.

Brunhilda at work in the north field. Here she is pulling some discarded ironwork out of the hedgero...

Tall trees by the stables.

The Pyrénées in sillouette at sunset.

The Pyrénées against the sunset sky.

A frosty morning - harbinger of a sunny day.