Jane Dallaway

  • There has been "A breakthrough in toasting innovation"

    19 September 2026

    Well thank goodness for that! But what a phrase that is!

    Screenshot of The Knowledge newsletter answer describing Sage's Eye Q colour-sensing toaster as 'a breakthrough in toasting innovation'

    Spotted in The Knowledge

  • Today's walk: Skipton Castle Woods

    15 September 2026

    View through the trees towards a weir

    We got to spend a day with friends who travelled from East Yorkshire (three of them) and Lancaster (one of them) to meet us. The woods are right next to the long stay car park, making a great way to give Breezy a bit of exercise before strolling around Skipton.

    Willow sculpture of a figure with a bow and arrow

    Willow sculpture of a horse

    There’s a couple of nice willow styled sculptures in the woodland.

  • Today’s second walk: Pendle sculpture trail

    14 September 2026

    A gravel path through the trees on the Pendle Sculpture Trail

    I love a sculpture trail in woodland. It always makes me look a bit more. We didn’t see every sculpture in the Pendle Sculpture Trail, and that’s ok. It was a more impressive trail than the one we did yesterday. That was partially to do with the scale of the sculptures, but also partially because of the surroundings.

    Metal sculpture of witches being led away

    Wooden sculpture of the witchfinder general

    Of course there’s going to be witches and a witchfinder.

    A unicorn sculpture in the woods

    I hadn’t necessarily expected a unicorn though.

    A stacked stone sculpture in pale blue with natural symbols

    I loved this. The colours. The stack of natural symbols. This was probably my favourite piece.

    View over the reservoir towards Pendle Hill

    As we were walking back to the parking area in Barley we were able to look over at Pendle Hill and spot our route from earlier. Most satisfying.