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Stump Watch : Coda

backwatersman wrote 1 month ago: A resurrection of sorts for Easter.  Not too far away from the remains of The Stump the authorities … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Easter, Little Bowden, Trees

Stump Watch : The End2 comments

backwatersman wrote 2 months ago: I’m afraid this really is The End, my friends.  A week ago the Stump was showing signs of aili … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, death

Stump Watch For January 2013 (with a contribution by D.G. Rossetti)

backwatersman wrote 3 months ago: Belatedly, the Stump in January, looking a little like a Christmas pudding with sparklers stuck into … more →

Tags: Arts, Nature, Poetry & Arts, Trees, Poetry, Trees, Little Bowden, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, snow

Stump Watch For December 2012

backwatersman wrote 4 months ago: So, what’s to say about the Stump this month? It’s still there, as am I.  It keeps on bu … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, winter

Stump Watch For November 2012

backwatersman wrote 5 months ago: 1: And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, rain, Little Bowden, winter, Genesis

Stump Watch For October 20122 comments

backwatersman wrote 6 months ago: I do realise it’s Halloween, but I’m afraid that can’t be allowed to take preceden … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, autumn

Stump Watch For September 2012

backwatersman wrote 7 months ago: The end of another month.  To compensate for the lack of actual words on the blog this week, I offer … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, autumn

Stump Watch For August 2012

backwatersman wrote 8 months ago: The Stump is fraying slightly at the edges, though undecided which season it’s meant to be. In … more →

Tags: Sport, Nature, Trees, Little Bowden, autumn, summer

Stump Watch For July 20122 comments

backwatersman wrote 9 months ago: Citius! Altius! Fortius! Faster! Higher Stronger! The Stump gets into the Olympic Spirit.  But then … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Little Bowden, summer

Stump Watch For June 20122 comments

backwatersman wrote 11 months ago: You may have noticed that this blog has been rather fading away this month.  Your correspondent has … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, summer, Excuses, Work

Stump Watch For May 20123 comments

backwatersman wrote 11 months ago: A  rapid recovery here from the Stump.  Back, in fact, to the state it was in in May 2010.  The atte … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, spring

Stump Watch For April 2012

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: To see out this frankly dismal month, here is April’s Stump Watch (a distant view, this time). … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, rain, Little Bowden, spring

Stump Watch March 2012 : The Stump They Could Not Kill 2 comments

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: Last day of the month, so it’s time for the usual visit to the Stump. “Not looking good … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, spring

Begin Again : Stump Watch February 20122 comments

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: Last day of the month, and so it’s time for Stump Watch (newly shorn).   There was an old man … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden

Stump Watch Extra! ... A Newsflash

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been expecting this for some time, but this was the sorry sight that greeted me this morn … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, Vandalism, Tidiness

A Bigger Stump Watch (January 2012)2 comments

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: Time to say Goodbye (and, frankly, Good Riddance) to January.  And that can only mean one thing - it … more →

Tags: Arts, Nature, Trees, Painting, Trees, David Hockney, Little Bowden

Stump Watch For December 2011

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: As the year draws to a close, it’s time for the last Stump Watch of 2011.  It seems fairly ina … more →

Tags: Nature, Trees, Trees, Little Bowden, winter

Hell No, We Won't Grow : On Strike In Leicestershire5 comments

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: I’m afraid to say that this month’s Stump Watch has had to be called off due to industri … more →

Tags: This England?, Politics, English politics, Leicestershire, Little Bowden, trades unions, Strikes, Leicester, GMB

Stump Watch St Pancras 22 comments

backwatersman wrote 1 year ago: Well, that was quick.  The Lego tree at St Pancras is now in its full majesty and lit up like the fl … more →

Tags: This England?, Nature, Trees, Trains, Trees, police, St Pancras, Christmas, Lego


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