CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

 Some pictures from a walk last week in the Derwent Walk Country Park, Winlaton Mill, Gateshead. Silver birches and willows, seen from the t...

  This very handsome heron has taken to perching on a rock just downstream of the bridge over the river Wear at Wolsingham, offering excelle...

This toad crossed our path when we were walking in the Derwent Country Park near Gateshead on Easter Monday. When I kn...

This rather forlorn looking heron was standing on the bank of the river Wear in Durham city on Sunday, watching the river level rise a...

Today's Guardian Country Diary describes a walk along the River Wear at Wolsingham in Weardale. Even though the riverbank woods look...

We recently paid a visit to  Skipton Woods - which are well worth exploring if you are in that part of North Yorkshire. It's just five ...