Lois Elsden

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 27, 2014

Friendly geese

Geese have a reputation for being fierce and aggressive, in fact they have been used as watch ‘dogs’ because they can be so fierce and vicious! This friendly foursome came rushing across their paddock to the fence to chat to us, and they had a fine old cackle. The brown ones had gorgeous blue eyes, […]

Pubs and and pints... beer, wine and spirits by LoisJuly 27, 2014

Pubs my dad might have known

My dad was brought up in Cambridge and from the age of four until he left home to get married he lived in a pub with his parents and brothers and sisters. The pub was the Portland Arms, and in a previous life it had been The Scales Hotel, named after the brewing family. I’ve […]

Can’t take my eyes off you

TV, radio, film and theatre by LoisJuly 26, 2014

So useful!

Food by LoisJuly 26, 2014January 23, 2018

Absent minded? Moi?

Writing by LoisJuly 26, 2014

Not wasting… melon skin… really?

Food by LoisJuly 26, 2014September 2, 2014

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 25, 2014

What lies beyond?

Don’t you just want to go up this couple of steps, taking care not to slip or trip on the ivy, and don’t you just want to look over the gate and see what is beyond? A neglected cottage, or a pretty garden, loved and cared for, and only this gate no longer used. It […]