Waking to a sunny morning - at last! - and conscious as ever of my duties as The Dabbler's Jack Hargreaves, I was up betimes with a song in my heart and the Surrey Hills in my mind. Pausing only to don the metaphorical Norfolk jacket, set the metaphorical trilby ... Read More...

Dabbler Country will be another recurring feature on the site, as our intrepid dabblers - headed by the web's leading nature-noter Nige - venture into the Great Outdoors.For the debut, Nige on August and swifts... August Every schoolchild knows that August is the best month of the year. Every adult ... Read More...