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Behaving badly

April 28, 2018by MrsB_inthehills 6 Comments

He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a creature gorged with existence To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf Gin […]

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Earthshake…

February 21, 2018by MrsB_inthehills 2 Comments

‘The lands in this parish are chiefly arable, and in many parts wet and weepy’ Theophilus Jones, A History of the County of Brecknockshire 1809 * A woodcut of the […]

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In the lane, snow is glistening…

January 13, 2018by MrsB_inthehills 11 Comments

When men were all asleep the snow came flying… Robert Bridges To begin at the beginning… Early on a December morning, a bedroom in the Usk valley: 1st Voice: “Oh […]

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Mud and Merlot

March 3, 2017by MrsB_inthehills 4 Comments

The two worst months of the year have come and gone – not that they were that bad here, this time around. We haven’t suffered from too much rain, and […]

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A turn of phrase

February 20, 2017by MrsB_inthehills 7 Comments

A little while ago I was lounging on the sofa minding my own business and half-listening to the evening weather forecast on BBC Wales when I heard the presenter (Behnaz […]

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Not such a common cold

January 7, 2017by MrsB_inthehills Leave a comment

When Lizzie was very young every minor illness (thank God there were no major ones) was accompanied by a little…drama, shall we say. I won’t embarrass her here by regaling […]

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Black Mountains treats

August 28, 2016by MrsB_inthehills 1 Comment

We’ve been in a period of what the forecasters call unsettled weather lately. I don’t know why they call it that – several days of rain seems pretty settled to […]

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Old tales and fairy stories

March 24, 2016by MrsB_inthehills Leave a comment

Let’s get it over and done with, then. England have won the Six Nations Rugby championship. Not only did they win the title but they got the Grand Slam – […]

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Saint’s day

February 29, 2016by MrsB_inthehills 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I was complaining about February, wittering on about the weather and what an awful time of year this is, and just look what’s happened…the back […]

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Crickmas is coming

December 5, 2015by MrsB_inthehills Leave a comment

So December is finally here and now we can legitimately get into Christmas mode! On Tuesday, the first day of the month, we officially hung up the Advent tree on a door […]

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