Nicola Chester
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Nicola Chester
@nicolawriting.bsky.social
Nature. Writer. Reader. Rural.
Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB.
Award winning On Gallows Down. Ghosts of the Farm coming 30/11!
Climate Fic Prize Judge.
North Wessex Downs.
https://nicolachester.com/
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Strong memories indeed! Sense of smell is a powerful link, isn't it!
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ah! Indeed! Not too bad, thank you! x
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thankyou! Wish you could be too! x
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh how wonderful Lesley! And how food and the making of it holds so many memories!
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Indeed! So clever & well built!
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Such memories! It’s obviously been cherished.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Oh wow Nick, what a memory! Nothing wasted, eh! I can still still see the flour on the red Formica, her brushing it into her hands and wiping them on her apron.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Bit ouchy, but now in a boot (like a carthorse’s leg!) so am slowly slowly on the mend x
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am thank you Dave. Enjoying watching the leaves fall, & the weather come over the hill & through the garden, from the window.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bravo! More of this!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dreaming of an evening wander such as this - such an evocative description. Love the winterdink..
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
How brilliant Damian!
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh my goodness, I’ll bet!
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Oh! This is beautiful- what a wonderful thing to do together!
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m looking forward to this treat!
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Thank you!
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thank you! I think, the realisation that of course, they were ‘modern’ then; pioneering, keen to embrace the new, but with an eye on the past & its skill. And that, as queer women too, they were loved & accepted as the dynamic heart of these rural villages.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM