craftybird, Author at We Walk Together

August 22, 2021

Guest Blog 21 August 21

I’ve been staying with Sally on Daisy for the last week and, as usual, I’ve been having a wonderful time. The weather has been…

August 15, 2021

The mysterious case of the missing daisy

Sometimes in your life there are things that you have around you that are precious. They may not be financially valuable but they are…

June 27, 2021

Making Roach’s diesel dream a reality

Finally, after many weeks of business planning, form filling, training, researching, risk assessments and more planning the appropriate approvals and certification were received and…

February 28, 2021

Poignant graffiti

When I wrote about repairs to the the church spire a week or so ago I was given the name of someone to talk…

February 14, 2021

How to repair a medieval church spire

When I wrote ‘The bells remember’ last November, the scaffolding around the church spire was impressively present, and I noted at the time that…

January 31, 2021

The importance of a Theodolite

It may be stating the obvious here, but one of the finest tools at our disposal for finding new foot paths is the Ordinance Survey map.

January 24, 2021

Steamboat Tony

Steamboat Tony (Tony Bryant) got his name from a wonderful project of his own making. He built his very own wooden steamboat – The Thrush Steamer – completely from scratch. It was an amazing feat.

December 31, 2020

The magical mystical power of Mistletoe

The fact that Mistletoe is a parasitic plant which grows in trees makes it an unusual plant to start with. If you add the…