Pip and Dot arrive
It’s been an eventful Summer. Dominated by Covid, uncertainty around the future, strangeness and apprehension in the air. We’ve stayed...


How to survive the zoo
February half term has lately been spent with Granny Purple Hair in darkest Wales. But this time, because of being in a play the...


Beaver goes exploring
Beaver is now one, her birthday was spent walking round the turrets of Warwick Castle, with her in the sling having a ride with a view....


Mole and Hedgehog go French
This Summer we took Mole, Hedgehog and Beaver abroad for this first time in about five years. Mole has been abroad only once before, to...


Brecon Beacons in a caravan
So we’ve returned from our jaunt around South Wales, with much mud, rain, chocolate, sand and farm animals involved. I’ve had a lot of...


Living with chickens
For the past week we’ve had chickens living with us, or chicks to be more accurate. They are about 10 days old now, and beginning to lose...


The death conversation
It is mid-afternoon. We are driving slowly around Woburn Safari Park, Mole and Hedgehog are on the back seat, I am watching them in the...


Ants and Snails
Mole and Hedgehog LOVE animals. Fury ones, scaly ones, feathered ones, it doesn’t matter. It is the only other thing besides my phone or...


Dinosaurs, beaches and tractors
We recently took a trip to Dorset (otherwise known as the Jurassic Coast) in which it was freezing, windy, and rained a lot. It was...


A typical Monday
Lately, I seem to be winging my home days with Mole and Hedgehog in an aimless and haphazard way, compared with my carefully thought out...





