Places by Lois

Down by the rhyne

Walking down to the boatyard,along by the rhyne… … rhyne, an old word for stream or old drainage ditch, here you can see it running past the coastguard cottages… The Uphill Great Rhyne runs through our village and out into the sea. Here’s an interesting explanation of the etymology of the word – even though […]

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Food by Lois

Strew in the sugar

Tomorrow at our English class we are going to have a typically English tea party… I know the class is in the morning but we are going to bring in our best china, table cloths, napkins, milk jugs and an array of different tea time treats. I’ve volunteered to make some cakes and I think I’ll […]

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Names, naming and words by Lois

Ne’er cast a clout

Tomorrow is the 1st of May, and the weather has been so changeable with pictures in today’s newspaper of snow-covered landscapes, and with a tremendous hail storm here yesterday, I can’t imagine we’re going to get much better or more settled weather in the next few days. Thinking about this, and wondering when I was going […]

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