Fallen pine tree in Verulamium Park, St Albans, England, February 2017 One of my beloved four pine trees was struck down by Storm Doris on 23 February 2017. Thankfully, the destruction […]
Today, the last day of January, is grey and wet, but that will not deter me from showing how beautiful most of the month was. We truly had copious amounts […]
Verulamium Park, St Albans, Hertfordshire, January 2017 My favourite woody quadruplets are shown to their best on a bright and frosty morning – winter’s weather on top form! Copyright Debbie Smyth, […]
This week has brought wonderful wintry weather to the south of England: sun, frost, ice, beautiful skies and NO rain. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 20 January 2017 Part of Weekend Reflections
The grey herons that visit St Albans every winter are doing very nicely, with at least six of the nesting couples now sitting on eggs. They keep pretty well hidden […]
St Alban’s is first recorded as a Celtic British Iron Age settlement, known as Verlamion. After the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, it grew into Verlamium, the third largest town in […]