Happy May Day. While I’m busy with visitors my blog has escaped across the river. I’ll be back soon if I manage to catch up with it.
Friday Ferry Fun
photography
Silly Saturday – No News?
If you have been wondering what did happen to the missing capybara, she is still on the run. This unauthorised picture shows a capybara family who are not related and live at a different wildlife park, but you will know what you are looking for if you do spot her.
‘Samba arrived at Marwell Zoo in Winchester from Jimmy’s Farm and Wildlife Park near Ipswich on March 16, 2026, alongside her sister Tango. The following day, both capybaras escaped from a temporary enclosure. Tango was quickly recovered, but Samba has evaded capture ever since, demonstrating remarkable ability to avoid detection
Samba has been spotted multiple times along the River Itchen and nearby villages such as Owslebury, Allbrook, Brambridge and Twyford. Locals have reported seeing her sunbathing, swimming, and moving along waterways. ‘
Not lost, but found was a genuine axolotl . It is only found in South America, but somehow ended up under a bridge in Wales and was found by a ten year old girl who loves wildlife. Picture may not be accurate representation of the rescued axolotl.
When you suspect that the environmentally friendly GREEN car you were sold may have been a scam.
Be careful when buying your dream home.
When your friend recommends a good plasterer.
When you buy microwaveable bowls on the internet
Have you found any amazing wildlife lately?
Have you made any unwise purchases lately?
Serene Sunday – Away With The Fairies
If you enjoyed yesterday’s stroll round Russell Cotes Museum it’s time to go to the gallery and look at the exhibition.
Look at some books or…
…or dress up as a fairy
No visit is complete without browsing in the gift shop. You could fill your house with Flower Fairies from post cards to a deck chair!
Did you have Flower Fairy books?
Saturday Stroll – Sea Scenes
If you have been here before you should guess where we are. A clue is my favourite house and I can always pretend I live here on a sunny day.
Who would not like a home with sea views?
Time to go inside
Step inside the poster…
Wander upstairs
Protective blinds mute the views, but add an artistic aspect perhaps?
Wandering around someone else’s house you never know who you are going to meet.
If you are still here tomorrow we can pop into the gallery and see the new exhibition. Here are a couple of clues.
Monday Meandering at the Museum
What’s on at the gallery?
All the notes for the paintings are on stapled sheets – To Be Returned – you may get confused who did which paintings, so just wander and enjoy looking.
This is Hengistbury Head
Waterloo Station
Hurst Lighthouse off the Isle of Wight. Which painting is in the exhibition and which is hanging in my living room, given to me in exchange for knitting the artist a scarf?
Time for a cup of tea
Which painting did you like best?
When you go to any exhibition do you like to read everything carefully or just look at the pictures?
Sunday Stroll under Sullen Skies
The sky is not always blue and this is why the English always talk about the weather. Sunny, dreich (borrowed from the Scots) , torrential rain or howling gales; the photographer should capture them all.
Perhaps it’s time to go inside.
What might this be? Find out at the end.
Take a look in the gift shop.
If you want to peek in the gallery to see the exhibition you will have to wait for the next blog.
Where do you like to go on a dreary day?
Friday Fun – Follow a Footpath
You could be anywhere, which way will you choose?
Walk or cycle?
You could stop for offee at the afe.
What have you come across now?
Perhaps you should check the signposts and make a decision.
Rough or smooth?
Time for a game?
How did you end up here?
Perhaps by magic?
Witch do you prefer to follow, footpaths, football or Whichcraft?
Perhaps by magic?
Saturday Stroll – Walk Among The Dead
Saturday Sunny Stroll
It’s unremittingly grey here at Chez Tidalscribe, but jump into the time machine back to last Saturday.
Jump out of your car and follow the path to the sea.
Don’t fall off the pier…
Do you dare to go up to the zip wire?
How is your Saturday going?
Sunday Stroll – Starting at the End…
Today’s stroll started with a long brisk walk, but I’ve saved you that part. We are at the top and the end of Hengistbury Head. It was sunny, but seems to have got cloudy again. At least you can still see the Isle of Wight. I do not know if this yellow object was planted by aliens or…
Look down on Mudeford Sandspit, do you want to go down there?
Would you like one of these beach huts? Some look over the harbour, others out to sea and some lucky ones have a view in both directions.
They cost as much as real houses.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150581153#/?channel=RES_BUY
£350,000 or more…
And you can’t stay overnight all year round and have to use the toilet and shower blocks…
Let’s go round to the sea shore.
Rain is threatening so we will walk round the harbour and head back.
Stay on the path here.
This leads to the dark woods of the interior, we are not going to enter in case we get lost or we can’t keep quiet.
Carry on…
… if you are ready for coffee and a little something.
Would you like a beach hut here, or just a walk?
Times and Tides of a Beachwriter 