Yesterday evening Josh messaged to ask if I had heard about the Queen of Sheba Orchid being spotted round Bunbury. He mentioned that the word on the street was that it had, but he didn’t have any more details. And nor did I. Why is all this relevant, well this orchid is only found inContinue reading “The word on the street”
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An old hand
Before I left for the UK and after my last climb at Smiths Beach I had suggested I might not get back on rock until next weekend. But Lisa is very understanding and accommodating, or should I say tolerating, of my insatiable desire to climb. I think my drive to get out today was furtherContinue reading “An old hand”
A bit of encouragement
I blame Mario for igniting my desire to see if two weeks has been enough to allow any more orchids to come out. He sent me an image of a Winter Donkey Orchid (Diuris brumalis), which are the first of the donkeys orchids to flower. They are however only found on the scarp, which comprisesContinue reading “A bit of encouragement”
Time to head back
It has been over two and half years since I have been back to the UK. My last trip was cut short and I only stayed for three days, leaving on 27 Feb 2000 due to COVID wreaking havoc. The papers were giving daily reports of seemingly exponentially escalating cases in Italy, and the worldContinue reading “Time to head back”
A voice in my head
Next week I’ll pick Lisa up from the airport. So with just me to get out the door I got an early start on another loop walk detailed in our Walking in Circles book. I rolled into a sleepy Gracetown as first light crept across the sky, and parked up as instructed in our trustyContinue reading “A voice in my head”
Packing a punch
Staring down the barrel of a four week stint in which I am likely to abstain from touching rock, I felt like I really needed to get out this weekend. Sadly, as seems to be a bit more of a common occurrence, the stars just wouldn’t align for other folk and I again had toContinue reading “Packing a punch”
A happy household
Lying in bed I could hear the rain falling in the darkness outside. The usually local crew I would badger about heading out for a climb were all doing family stuff or feeling crook. This did make me wonder whether to head out or just watch the outdoors from inside today. After all if IContinue reading “A happy household”
Not quite the same
Some people feel we have had a fairly wet winter to date, but this is not the case. I know this as through my work we prepare monthly rainfall and river streamflow data. The latest report released just last week shows for most of the sites where we record this information, in the South WestContinue reading “Not quite the same”
Waving goodbye
It has been four years since Lisa has been to the homelands, and today a long overdue trip back came to fruition. I dropped her off in Capel to catch the bus. And within a minute of the bus having left, Josh and Rongy rolled into the carpark. Rather than head straight home, and seeingContinue reading “Waving goodbye”
Walking in circles
We dug out our ‘walking round in circles’ book to see where would be a nice place to go for a walk today. Lisa tend to likes to have an idea of where we are going, so as to provide a little certainty of the terrain and any difficulties we might encounter. And this bookContinue reading “Walking in circles”
