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Oswestry Rural Parish Councillor for Morda with Sweeney ward. Current projects include rejuvenating a large, and long neglected, veg garden ..... and supporting Stoke City FC. All opinions my own.
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Thrilled to find a #Bullace tree in a local hedge. A strain of the insititia subspecies of Prunus domestica (thanks Wikipedia). Apparently popular in the time of the #Tudors

#Oswestry #Shropshire #FruitTrees
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullace
Tart, but less so than usual
Another elegant #Insect, possibly a Mottled Shield Bug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa) #Oswestry #Shropshire #BritishInsects
#Sourdough - Holes with a bit of bread round them
Cheerful looking small green #ShieldBug visited me in the garden today.

#Oswstry #Shropshire #BritishInsects
Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) trying to get at my Brassicas"
#Oswestry #Shropshire #BritishMoths #CabbageCrime
I parked overnight under a hazel tree. A hazel tree with nuts. A hazel tree with nuts that the squirrels had found.
#HazelNuts #squirrels #Shropshire #Oswestry
Came across this handsome chap in the strawberry patch this afternoon.
#BritishInsects #Beetles #Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire
Tawny mining bee accompanying me in the veg garden this afternoon

#VegetableGarden #BritishBees #Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire
Surprised to come across a #SteamTrain on a quick trip to #Shrewsbury #Shropshire this afternoon
Frogspawn on a stone wall. Removed from nearby pond by bird or squirrel?

#Trefonen #Oswestry #Shropshire #Frogspawn #SpringIsHere
St. David's Day and the first daffodils have appeared in the orchard
Found a great copy, in an English translation, of "The Trials of Enoc Huws" by Daniel Owen in Books Llangollen. My great uncle was secretary of the Daniel Owen Society for many years.
#DanielOwen #WelshLiterature #BooksLlangollen #NovelsInTranslation #Llangollen #BookShops