Posts for the 28th September 2003 (2 entries)

Distressed gentlefolk of Dorset

28th September 2003, lunch time | Comments (2)

I read in this week’s Blackmore Vale (our local magazine) that for over 100 years an organisation known as the Elizabeth Finn Trust has helped families who’ve fallen on hard times. Well done them…

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Hornets

28th September 2003, lunch time | Comments (0)

I’d just returned from a very good morning’s tennis (three hours) when Dad spotted some hornets in our apple tree.

I’ve never got too close to hornets before (I thought they were too aggressive), but these seemed to be quite relaxed. Once I got within about a foot I could clearly hear the sound of their jaws scraping away at the apple…

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