V@l D@vies
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Devon, Sweden, Maine Coons, cricket, knitting, beach, distilleries, 💙.
Current view, the Bay of Biscay.
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Current view, the Bay of Biscay.
Wagons roll day. Spain here we come 😎
October 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wagons roll day. Spain here we come 😎
She’s been there like that for ages. It is evidently a very interesting hedge.
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
She’s been there like that for ages. It is evidently a very interesting hedge.
Agreed. TV and woodburner day.
September 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Agreed. TV and woodburner day.
Well, OH ended up calling out a mobile tyre fitter who had all the gear and idea, & the right tyre, & was happy to drive to middle of nowhere on a Saturday evening. £260😳 but fixed for her😊
September 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Well, OH ended up calling out a mobile tyre fitter who had all the gear and idea, & the right tyre, & was happy to drive to middle of nowhere on a Saturday evening. £260😳 but fixed for her😊
Impressive sky at the stones today.
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Impressive sky at the stones today.
Grey cat busy resting.
July 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Grey cat busy resting.
Second night on this farm aire and second night of it being just us here. Looking out over Nidderdale. That view lifts the soul!
July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Second night on this farm aire and second night of it being just us here. Looking out over Nidderdale. That view lifts the soul!
Ruby died peacefully in her sleep early today. She was 12. We’ve buried her in the raspberry patch that was her favourite snoozing place outside.
I keep crying and feel so very, very sad. I feel as if I have lost my shadow. I hope somehow I will meet her again one day.
RIP gorgeous, red cat xx
I keep crying and feel so very, very sad. I feel as if I have lost my shadow. I hope somehow I will meet her again one day.
RIP gorgeous, red cat xx
June 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ruby died peacefully in her sleep early today. She was 12. We’ve buried her in the raspberry patch that was her favourite snoozing place outside.
I keep crying and feel so very, very sad. I feel as if I have lost my shadow. I hope somehow I will meet her again one day.
RIP gorgeous, red cat xx
I keep crying and feel so very, very sad. I feel as if I have lost my shadow. I hope somehow I will meet her again one day.
RIP gorgeous, red cat xx
Found it! St Audries Bay, Somerset. A 70’ waterfall on a Bristol Channel beach.
May 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Found it! St Audries Bay, Somerset. A 70’ waterfall on a Bristol Channel beach.
Vet rather serious. Has kept her in and is going to operate tomorrow to sort it out.
Poor grey cat😿
Poor grey cat😿
April 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Vet rather serious. Has kept her in and is going to operate tomorrow to sort it out.
Poor grey cat😿
Poor grey cat😿
Grey cat 💕😻 has not had a good April so far.
But the vet gave her the all clear yesterday after her eye surgery recovery. She is SO pleased not to have to wear that horrid protective collar and be confined to the house any more.
But the vet gave her the all clear yesterday after her eye surgery recovery. She is SO pleased not to have to wear that horrid protective collar and be confined to the house any more.
April 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Grey cat 💕😻 has not had a good April so far.
But the vet gave her the all clear yesterday after her eye surgery recovery. She is SO pleased not to have to wear that horrid protective collar and be confined to the house any more.
But the vet gave her the all clear yesterday after her eye surgery recovery. She is SO pleased not to have to wear that horrid protective collar and be confined to the house any more.
Seven rows in and have a feeling this jumper is going to be very mathematical.
*wanders off to find more safety pins *
*wanders off to find more safety pins *
April 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Seven rows in and have a feeling this jumper is going to be very mathematical.
*wanders off to find more safety pins *
*wanders off to find more safety pins *
Right, here goes.
One of those patterns knitted with one thread from the inside, and the other from the outside, of the ball at the same time 🙃
One of those patterns knitted with one thread from the inside, and the other from the outside, of the ball at the same time 🙃
April 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Right, here goes.
One of those patterns knitted with one thread from the inside, and the other from the outside, of the ball at the same time 🙃
One of those patterns knitted with one thread from the inside, and the other from the outside, of the ball at the same time 🙃
Poor orchid 😕
Repotting it on that basis that maybe, just maybe.
Repotting it on that basis that maybe, just maybe.
April 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Poor orchid 😕
Repotting it on that basis that maybe, just maybe.
Repotting it on that basis that maybe, just maybe.
Last one!
Powick County Asylum where Elgar took up his first post as a professional musician, conducting the Asylum band 1879-84. He composed short pieces for them to play.
Most of the building has been demolished, but this part remains, converted into flats. 11/11
Powick County Asylum where Elgar took up his first post as a professional musician, conducting the Asylum band 1879-84. He composed short pieces for them to play.
Most of the building has been demolished, but this part remains, converted into flats. 11/11
March 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Last one!
Powick County Asylum where Elgar took up his first post as a professional musician, conducting the Asylum band 1879-84. He composed short pieces for them to play.
Most of the building has been demolished, but this part remains, converted into flats. 11/11
Powick County Asylum where Elgar took up his first post as a professional musician, conducting the Asylum band 1879-84. He composed short pieces for them to play.
Most of the building has been demolished, but this part remains, converted into flats. 11/11
Fairlea, home of Elgar’s friends the Fitton family in Great Malvern. The sixth of the Enigma Variations is named after their daughter Isabel. 10/n
March 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fairlea, home of Elgar’s friends the Fitton family in Great Malvern. The sixth of the Enigma Variations is named after their daughter Isabel. 10/n
The Elgar trail now goes on to British Camp which is a second century hill fort.
Elgar called his Caractacus sonata after the so named British chieftain, associated by folklore with BC.
We walked up BC just now lovely views. 9/n
Elgar called his Caractacus sonata after the so named British chieftain, associated by folklore with BC.
We walked up BC just now lovely views. 9/n
March 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Elgar trail now goes on to British Camp which is a second century hill fort.
Elgar called his Caractacus sonata after the so named British chieftain, associated by folklore with BC.
We walked up BC just now lovely views. 9/n
Elgar called his Caractacus sonata after the so named British chieftain, associated by folklore with BC.
We walked up BC just now lovely views. 9/n
Elgar and his family are buried at St Wulstan’s church in Little Malvern. 8/n
March 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Elgar and his family are buried at St Wulstan’s church in Little Malvern. 8/n
View from Craeg Lea. Very hazy today, but you get the drift. Elgar was inspired by it. 7/n
March 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
View from Craeg Lea. Very hazy today, but you get the drift. Elgar was inspired by it. 7/n
Craeg Lea; an anagram of Elgar’s, his wife’s, and his daughter’s, initials. Elgar lived here 1899-1904x He wrote the first two Pomp and Circumstance marches here.
6/n
6/n
March 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Craeg Lea; an anagram of Elgar’s, his wife’s, and his daughter’s, initials. Elgar lived here 1899-1904x He wrote the first two Pomp and Circumstance marches here.
6/n
6/n
Forli, the house in which Elgar wrote the Enigma Variations. 5/n
March 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Forli, the house in which Elgar wrote the Enigma Variations. 5/n