Lois Elsden

Smoke tree

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 3, 2013July 4, 2013

The Easthope stories by LoisJuly 3, 2013September 14, 2018

There is something rather magic about sheds, especially old sheds; they have a particular smell, maybe it is the creosote they have been painted with, maybe it is just the wood. In ‘The Double Act’, Dr Herrick takes refuge in a fisherman’s old shed: He rounded the front of the shed and tried the door. […]

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 3, 2013July 5, 2013

Chirrup chirrup… is it a nightjar?

For a month or so, since I’ve had my window open in the evening while I’m working, I’ve heard a bird nearby with a strange call. He – or she, spends most of the evening making a rasping chirruping churruping noise, and even if I’ve worked into the hours of the early morning, I can […]