Unshodden Chiropody
From the Archive – Feb 2011. I am a practical person; therefore as I take baby steps along my unshodden path it made sense to me to go and call in on a chiropodist en-route. […]
Lynne Allbutt
Eddie Butler ‘Commentates’ on his Garden
BBC rugby commentator, Eddie Butler created his garden from scratch, on a site that used to be a poultry farm. He explained, “We had to change a lot and do a lot of digging out. […]
Unshodden Shopping
From the Archive – Feb 2011. I have to admit that this morning’s first unshodden shopping trip, was made more by default than design. It was a foul morning weather-wise, the type of morning you […]
Duncan ‘Digs’ Swimming!
Olympic Swimming Gold Medallist , Duncan Goodhew (MBE) surprised me a little by explaining his earliest memory of swimming involves his father and a JCB. “My father dug up the tennis court in our garden […]
Cold Feet …
From the Archive – Jan 2011. It may seem as though I have been dragging my (unshodden) feet recently, with regard to blogging about being barefoot but to be honest it’s been too damn cold […]
Outdoors with ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Jane Davidson
Jane Davidson’s puts her passion for the environment down to spending the vast majority of her life outdoors. The Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing explained, “I was brought up in Africa and as […]
Frosty Feet
The 5 best things about my unshodden journey so far: The fabulous, tingly, zingy, buzzy feeling I get in my bare feet (and even the rest of me, to a degree) The feeling of wet […]
Unshodden and Unforgettable
From the Archive – Jan 2011. I have just got back an unshodden run across the mountain. And I am busting with excitement. It was amazing. I am soaked though, my feet are tingling, […]
This Season’s Seeds
Following Matthew Appleby’s (sub-editor of Horticulture Weekly and editor of Garden Retail) prediction last week of the new horticultural trend being to grow your own cut flowers, I asked Helen Johns of Thompson & Morgan […]
Property Guru Shares Gardening Tips
Property expert and presenter of BBC’s ‘Homes Under The Hammer’, Martin Roberts tells me a neat and tidy garden makes a massive difference when selling a house. “These are very uncertain times and if you […]