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Country diary: Ferns and ivy sparkle in the wet undergrowth | Virginia Spiers
Saltash, Tamar Valley: An afternoon of low sun and sunny showers as we walk through lush grass and clover, and take in views of Ince Castle
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16, Nov, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: In this warm, damp autumn, the pastures are still fresh green | Virginia Spiers
Kit Hill, Tamar Valley, Cornwall: Up here the blackberries are rotting and the haws plentiful, while an ivy bush is full of flowers
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19, Oct, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: September’s hazy warmth has cheered the local farmers | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: There was frenetic harvesting after the rainy gloom of summer, with maize next to be cut
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21, Sep, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: A busy landscape around a secret burial chamber | Virginia Spiers
Minions, Bodmin Moor: People are out on this rare dry day, contemplating mysterious stone circles while spry youths clamber on the tors
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17, Aug, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: Sweet chestnuts are luminous on a gloomy summer day | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: They’re scattered through the steep deciduous woodland, and downstream in the more extensive Braunder Wood
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19, Jul, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: The may blossom has been spectacular this year | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: I am out early to complete fixings of new nets on the fruit cage, hoping for rain to swell gooseberries, currants and raspberries
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15, Jun, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: The first cuckoo of the year prompts a lively family tradition | Virginia Spiers
Caradon Hill, Bodmin Moor: On this cool and hazy May morning, the turf flushes pale green and birds sing from leafy thickets
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18, May, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: Pear and cherry trees are already blooming | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley, Cornwall: Chiffchaffs and primrose are in glorious fettle, and my sister’s orchard is bursting into life, one tree at a time
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20, Apr, 2023 @4:30 AM
Country diary: Snowdrops in abundance, but the dry winter has taken its toll | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley, Cornwall: A mixed picture here, with low streams and dried-up moss – but also my favourite gardening job of early spring
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16, Mar, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: A coastal walk looking over Plymouth Sound | Virginia Spiers
Rame Peninsula, Cornwall: We take the path from a popular country park to Cawsand Bay, via woodland of old and fallen sweet chestnut
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16, Feb, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: Dripping trees and a swollen Tamar | Virginia Spiers
Gunnislake, Tamar Valley: On a dim winter day, lurid moss shrouds the tree trunks, the fallen limbs and sprawling roots
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19, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: Rambling with an eye on railway lines | Virginia Spiers
Calstock, Tamar Valley: On this unusually clear morning, the sun glistens on dewy pastures
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15, Dec, 2022 @5:30 AM
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