Bog Myrtle & Peat

Life and Work in Galloway

October 2012

  • The Burn Revisited

    Six months after the huge burn we had down on land overlooking the Solway, I returned today for a wander around with the dog. 1,200 acres of heather went up over the course of 24 hours at the end of March, and the experience was one of the most hair-raising, exhausting and fascinating things I’ve… Continue reading

  • Peat & Smoke

    Due to the fact that it’s a schizophrenic day for weather in Galloway, swinging between mild sunshine and miserable hail, the first thing I did this morning was light the fire so that there would be some heat in my office. As an experiment, I burnt some of the peat which has now been drying… Continue reading

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Swn y galon fach yn torri, 1952

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