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Category Archives: Nature Blog

Vipera berus

April 2, 2018by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

My Ma and Pa found a box of old school memorabilia as they cleared the loft before moving house. Among the old books was one of mine, and the opening […]

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Time to see..

March 24, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I wake up each year on March 15th with a clear minded sense of relief. After the intensity of the final throes of the fishing season, comes the reality that […]

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Cold winds

March 1, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I am hunched on the sofa. Hat and (fingerless) gloves on. Extra socks, extra jumper and I’m considering putting on my thermals. Outside, the sparrows are bickering on the birdtable […]

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Fishing Blog, Nature Blog

Sunshine

February 20, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

A blackbird piped up from a garden in the village yesterday afternoon. He wasn’t fully tuned, but it was still a sound to make me stop and smile. He’s quiet […]

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Dorset Life

February 7, 2018by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

I had a couple of hours free yesterday afternoon, and, thanks to Ben (my brother-in-law), I had almost a pint of maggots in my bait tub. With relatively clear skies […]

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Fishing Blog, Nature Blog

Bad Workman…

January 17, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I have never before pulled into the car park at West Bexington and found it completely empty. It clogs like fat in a drain during the summer, while out of […]

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A peregrination

December 20, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Sue came back from her walk a couple of days ago and tapped on the window excitedly. I slipped my wellies on and nipped outside to find her cupping her […]

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Winter’s coming….

November 21, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

It’s twenty to five and were I fishing then I wouldn’t be able to see my float – even against the western sky. A month until the solstice, and this […]

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Links

October 10, 2017by Kevin Parr 3 Comments

I took a stroll along Chesil yesterday. Just a quick tea-time trip down to West Bexington with no intention other than to see who might be loitering. I had been […]

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Rats!

September 26, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I’ve been a little concerned about the lack of grass snake hatchlings emerging from the compost heap this autumn. By now I would have expected to have seen several, and […]

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