Our rear garden in early spring

Rear garden in early spring

This was our rear garden taken this morning. In a few weeks time all the blossom will be out. In the distance, in our neighbour's garden is an apple and plum orchard.

Frog (I think)

When it comes to frogs and toads, I am no expert. We'd not seen one in the garden since last summer, so it was good to see this chap today.

FTSE 100

After an early fall, the UK share index is recovering. As I write it is just in positive territory.

Pasties

We bought some meat from Waitrose on a "3 for £10" deal, which was good meat at very good prices. As there is some beef left over from the stew at lunch today, the plan is to make some homemade pasties for lunch tomorrow.  My wife will do the pastry and I'll do the rest. I love pasties!

Quy

Today we did a walk at Quy, knowing that nearby Anglesey Abbey (National Trust) would be quite busy at the weekends. On this walk we saw very few people, but quite a few birds including 2 little egrets and 1 buzzard overhead. We heard a couple of green woodpeckers and saw mute swans, tits, a coot and several mallard ducks.

Getting ready for summer?

As we walked past today, it looks like the Burwell cricket team was getting ready for the new season.


The Tan House is the biggest house in the village and was once the home of Francis Pimm who was at one time Foreign Secretary in the government.

FTSE 100 roller coaster

After rising earlier, the FTSE 100 UK share index ended the day down 0.19%.