30th
January, 2000 Two periods of very strong winds, at the weekend, caused surprisingly little damage to the trees in the grounds. In recent years, a number of trees have been brought down by such winds but, on this occasion, the only evidence that the winds had blown was a scattering of twigs beneath some trees. On Back Lane a single conker, which must have been particularly firmly attached to the tree, was also blow down, several months late. In Great Garden, I
was looking at the pond when I saw something moving along
slowly just beneath the surface, causing ripples as it
progressed. At first, I thought that it was a newt or a
fish but, as I looked more closely, I found that
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