Hull and Hereabouts

Snuff Mill Lane The anticyclonic gloom of the past week has been briskly blown away by a cold front, well, I say cold it's down to ...

This guy came prepared for the Snuff Mill Lane seasonal puddles. He had a dog, some sort of Spaniel as I recall, a happy, mucky old thi...

On our way to Cottingham via Snuff Mill Lane we came across an amusing sight ... a pair of artfully arranged riding hats possibly by the ...

In this bleak midwinter rain has fallen, rain on rain ... and so Snuff Mill Lane fields are nicely awash and home to a few wary gulls ...

On Snuff Mill Lane the other day large numbers of these pretty brown critters had sprung up alongside a blackthorn and ivy hedge. I thin...

Picture by Margot K Juby Hogweed is such a crude name for this little gem of an umbellifer. An alternative of cow parsnip is not really...

So not last Sunday but the one before that Ed (with the cap) and Dmitry visited to take even more footage of Margot for a short document...

Came across this fine roebuck on Snuff Mill Lane the other day.  It being the rutting time of year I suspect he was looking for female c...

They've got all the Lycra gear, helmets, obligatory sunglasses... and I'm guessing those bikes don't come cheap, so serious ...

No, not a political slogan, but advice on what to wear in England in spring time which can be notoriously fickle temperature wise. You ...

We always go for a short walk down Snuff Mill Lane towards sunset on Christmas Day  just to play on the rails and take silly pictures ...

... the world keeps on twirling, the birds are still singing and the roses still blooming. Today is the annual Cottingham Day to which...

In England, on this St George's Day, down the leafy lanes of Cottingham it  is heartening to find the Bard's innovative use of l...

It's that time of year when I usually post some harbinger of Spring, snowdrops or pussy willow or whatever. This year it's the l...

With a few tweaks here and there a dull afternoon's walk down Snuff Mill Lane becomes a promenade along a fiery glade.  On the...

Seems I missed Dog Day last Wednesday so here's a likely mutt that thought I was its owner and ran the whole length of Snuff Mill La...

Taken by Margot K Juby The weekend in black and white is here .

WELCOME, wild North-easter!   Shame it is to see Odes to every zephyr;   Ne’er a verse to thee. Charles Kingsley Somehow Spring...

The track to Hull at Snuff Mill Lane There's nothing quite like the old conundrum of parallel lines never meeting or only meeting ...

Just the other day I was on my way to Cottingham along Snuff Mill Lane when the Hull train sped past, knowing the trains around here the...