Places by Lois

Bird bath

I rounded a corner in the little village of Combwich and I could hear a peculiar sound; it was a sort of flapping, rattling, squawking sound. I was near an estuary – beside me were the village houses,then there was a raised bank and beyond it was the River Parrett flowing into the sea. I […]

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Taken by water by Lois

The Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877

“Stockland, Bridgwater & Pawlett, Cannington & Wembdon, West Sedgemoor, Langport and Kings Sedgemoor & Cary Valley were formed under the Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877” Since late medieval times there had been Commissioners of Sewers for Somerset; they had been responsible for a massive area of 160,000 acres. There were ‘officials’ known as ‘viewers and […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Hortensia

Hortensias or hydrangeas are wonderful and varied shrubs; they come in every shade from white to pink to red, or blue from the pales dawn blue to the deepest sunset mauves and purples. The flours stay on the plants, and turn beautiful paler shades and still look attractive; if you bring them indoors they dry […]

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