Despite it raining in Devon almost every day since we moved here in October last year, South West Water is imposing a hosepipe ban on us from 25th April. Since last summer, our region has been in drought. Low rainfall and high demand have stopped our reservoirs from recovering to levels we would …

This made me chuckle. Read the A-Z of Tory sleaze here

We need to check the tide times when walking the dog, as it’s easy to get caught on the wrong side of the causeway if we get it wrong. iPhone 11, Lightroom app, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷

Currently listening to … Multitudes from Feist. Listen on Spotify 🎶

Roon—Not Only For Audiophiles Part 1

Why invest in Roon when Apple’s Music (the app, not the service) and Spotify are “free?” I wanted to use Apple Music to bring all my music into one place, consisting of over 2,000 albums I’ve ripped or purchased that sat on a Synology NAS and music from Apple’s streaming service. …

The walk down into Hope Cove, Devon. iPhone 11, Lightroom app, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷

Listening to … Dub No Frontiers by Adrian Sherwood This was recommended by i newspaper’s Ian Dunt, who said: Really well thought-through collection by British producer Adrian Sherwood, who challenges the male-dominated world of reggae with a female-only album. That’s laudable, …

One of the things I really appreciate about roon is the discovery tab that surfaces music in your library that you haven’t listened to for a while. This is today’s: 🎶

This was the highest tide we’ve experienced since we moved to Aveton Gifford in South Devon. The stream is usually a few inches deep, but it was over the bridge handrails this morning. iPhone 11, Lightroom app, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷

Our government and the water companies' lack of effort and urgency about the declining state of our rivers and streams is frustrating. Our rivers are too precious for us to allow them to be polluted by human and farmyard sewage, pesticides and fertilisers. This is a photo I took of the River Avon …

Good days work at the allotment. We have the asparagus bed and two rows of broad beans planted. Ten bags of rubbish were taken to the tip. Loads more to do. 🌱

The sun has finally come out in Kingsbridge

We’ve got a dog that thinks he’s a cat 🐕

Please support this campaign by the RSPB to ban the industrial fishing of sandeels in UK waters. Our threatened seabirds need your help. The UK Government could make the game-changing decision to ban industrial sandeel fishing in English waters. Please take action today to help make it happen. …

After a gap of six months, I’m back on micro.blog. Anything interesting happened while I’ve been away?