My favourite animals (not)

Herefordshire is known for bulls, strawberries and now horses.

I didn't realise when I moved here that there was a big racing stable nearby - in my defence the gallops are hidden behind tall hedges... I should have realised something was going on when I kept on meeting very tall horses being taken for rides three abreast in the lanes....

And now one of those horses that I keep meeting has won the Grand National... do you think the jockeys will start to wear florescent jackets when they are out exercising ?

You might tell from this that I'm not a great horse lover - I think the French have the best idea...

I have been knitting since I returned from Skipnorth - it is yellow, it is fine, it is for Anne, it will be finished soon... Tomorrow if it is nice I might be dyeing up some of the yarn I bought - dont think I will be able to get out - too many people coming to see a horse and blocking the lane (and I wont even begin to share my rant about that !!)

Question of the week 'how do you feel about chickens?' And you can probably guess that my answer was not what they were expecting !!!

Wednesday Wye

Woo Hoo I remembered !!!

The river has been up for most of the week - result of rain in Wales, but it has dropped again..











And a picture for Kate...

I wasn't going to get any closer (for obvious reasons)

These are in a field by the river and the first thing you see when you pass the village sign (the village actual is another mile up the lane...)






And this is where I was at the weekend - Powis Castle, and those are rhododendrons in flower (dont they know it is only mid March ? )

And the next post will have some knitting content - I've nearly finished a gorgeous shawl and daffy is growing slowly...

OMG I've just 'found' Batman on BBC4, guess what I'll be humming tunelessly for the rest of the night....