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Snowdrops abound at Otterhead Lakes

February 24, 2014 at 5:46 pm · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, country matters, Flowers, walks, Woods ·Tagged , , , , ,

This morning, being sunny we went for a walk around Otterhead Lakes, one of my favourite places around here.  We went to see the carpets of snowdrops, they are so beautiful at the moment, all singles and they are so bountiful, its a joy to see.

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The sun was glinting on the water of the first lake, and the water was so calm today.

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There weren’t many people around today and we had the woodland path to ourselves as we walked towards the 2nd lake.

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A pair of swans and their fairly mature cygnet were making their way along the stream through the woods.

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The sun was glinting on the water as we reached the 2nd lake.

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As we approached the cascade we could see the water was flowing down it very fast.

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The snowdrops looked just as lovely on the way back.

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If you too want to see the snowdrops at Otterhead Lakes then come and stay in our B&B, its only a short drive away.

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The first signs of Spring bring us hope

February 11, 2014 at 11:36 am · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, Flowers, gardening, Spring ·Tagged , , , , ,

Everywhere there are snowdrops – in our garden, in the hedgerows and swathes of them on our neighbours land.

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Last year we dug up lots of snowdrops from a wild area where they were growing in the back, and planted them into the borders, front and back.  Its good to see they have taken and are coming up with the daffodils.

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It’s great to see the Primulas also in flower, and we have the first crocus bulb out in one of the pots by our front door.

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Its welcoming to see the bulbs coming up everywhere, certainly gives us hope that Spring is round the corner and perhaps we will see an end to all this rain and flooding that people have endured.

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Luckily we are OK here as we live on a hill and the water just runs downhill, but so many places have been affected, I feel so sorry for people whose houses have been flooded.

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Snowdrops at Otterford Lakes

February 18, 2013 at 3:29 pm · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, Bishopswood, Spring, walks ·Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

As it was such a lovely sunny day today, when our B&B guests had gone and we had the first lot of washing on, we went for a walk to Otterford Lakes.  It’s not far from us, just up through Bishopswood a couple of miles.  We walked down to the first lake and the swans were just gliding over the still water.

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As we stood and watched them they came nearer to us and I was able to take this close up.

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We took the lower path past the waterfall.

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As we walked along the stream the sunlight was glinting on the water.

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We followed the path along the stream until we came to the second lake.

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As we walked back we were able to the see the snowdrops much better.  There were carpets of them in the woods.

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They looked so lovely in the sunshine, really made us feel like Spring is on its way.

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When we got home I noticed some of our Spring bulbs are bursting into life.  The crocus in the half moon baskets by the front door have come out.

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And the very first of the Tete a Tete daffs is out.

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We actually sat outside to have a cuppa after lunch the sun was so glorious.  I think the B&B guests who left today were jolly lucky to have this lovely sunshine and to see the view from Lodge House so clearly, even in February.

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Of Snow and snowdrops!

February 6, 2012 at 1:06 pm · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, Chickens, Eggs, rural life, weather ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Last Monday we had snow.  Not the thick sort, but the watery sort that settled on the grass, hedges and rooftops but not on the paths.  Then it was bitterly cold all week, going down to minus 7 degress C.  Thursday and Friday the sunshine was lovely, inspite of the bitter cold, then Saturday we had light snow which turned to rain and in the course of that one day the temperature went from minus 6 degrees in the morning to plus 4 degrees by the evening.  Elsewhere on the East side of the UK they had 4 to 6 inches of snow on Saturday evening. My Dad sent over some pictures of where he lives and it was thick with snow, so here in the southwest we were lucky to escape that. And today it is a mild plus 7 degrees C, so back to suitable weather for working outside again.

The spring bulbs have been pushing through, confused by the relatively mild weather we have been having until last week.  There are carpets of snowdrops all over the place.  This is just by us.

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We have 2 half moon baskets by the front door and they have crocus coming up.  It’s really too early for crocus, but this is a sheltered spot that faces south and gets the sun when it is out.

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We have got wallflowers in bloom and the daffoldils are in bud so will be out soon.

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Also our Hellebores have been flowering for a couple of weeks now.

Hellebores in flower

We have been putting food out for the wild birds all winter, but last week we were diligent in keeping it topped up as it was so cold.  Mr Pheasant discovered that there was always lots of dropped seeds on the ground under the bird feeders, so he regularly pays us a visit.  This picture was taken through the kitchen window so not the clearest.

Mr Pheasant comes to visit

The chickens havn’t seemed to mind the cold weather too much.  We have had to break the ice on their drinking water every morning, and take down warm water.  The mud in the hen run has frozen over but they seemed happy to continue to spuddle about.  We have been getting between 10 and 12 eggs a day out of 15 hens, even in the cold weather, so can’t complain at that.  We stew up potatoe, apple, carrot and other vegetable peelings for them and feed them that for breakfast, which they love, but the other day my neighbour gave us some cooked peas and chips that were left over and they loved that.  You should have seen them picking up a pea and running off to eat it then coming back for another one.  They are funny!!  They have layers pellets on free demand all the time aswell, but we just use the veggies to supplement their diet, and we do get lovely yellow yolks from them.  There is nothing like a freshly laid egg from a free range hen!!

 
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