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Category Archives: Nature Blog

Stranger Things

August 17, 2020by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

  Despite the recent heatwave, the blistering temperatures and sweaty, sleepless nights, it still feels as though we are waiting for summer. Not a settled period of pleasant warmth and […]

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Cuckoo

April 24, 2020by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I miscounted this morning and thought this was our 8th spring in Dorset when it is in fact our 9th, but the difference is slight, and the sentiment all the […]

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Curled up

January 13, 2020by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

  January. A thick head and heavy limbs. Uncomfortably numb. Comfort comes in sleep. A gentle drift into dreams. They aren’t always pleasant, and many are bizarre and untouchable, but […]

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Fishing Blog, Nature Blog

Butterfly Summer

August 14, 2019by Kevin Parr 5 Comments

Water drips from the gutter edges and streams down the bulge of the waterbutt. The ridge beyond the field just a vague blur behind a screen of rain. Its welcome, […]

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Garden Party

July 4, 2019by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Spring has sunk into high summer. Days of hot sunshine and sneezes, the air thick with pollen and a rapidly expanding grasshopper orchestra. My time has been stretched. A new […]

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Bloodlines

April 8, 2019by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

  Such is the power of the current Brexit storm, that any issue unconnected (and many things connected) is swept out of thought almost as soon as it comes to […]

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Reality

February 20, 2019by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I have come to realise that I do not much enjoy living in ‘interesting times’. If that is indeed what we can call the now. We are certainly living in […]

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Wye do we fish?

October 14, 2018by Kevin Parr 6 Comments

A week ago I was heading north-west with Chris and Merv, the passenger window down and a familiar tale of footballing woe emanating from St Mary’s via the speakers of […]

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Fishing Blog, Nature Blog

Perfect Air

September 25, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

The first brush of autumn frost glistened beneath this morning’s sunrise. Nothing too hard, certainly not enough to drop any fruit from the hedgerows, but a glittery crunch that made […]

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Quiet

August 21, 2018by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Nearly three months have passed since I last walked the Common. I’ve been frequently tempted, particularly when I have woken early and the air has been fresh. The prospect of […]

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