British Camp

Not quite sure why it’s called British Camp, even after reading this, but the reason goes back about 1000 years.

British camp

Rolling Hills

British Camp has a grandstand view of the three counties.

rolling hills

Sunshine

The sun was so strong through the clouds, but it is hard to capture the magnificence here.

sun

Vista

A couple of views from the top of British Camp.

vista

vista

Sheep

From my recent trip.

sheep

Pheasant

It seems that my friend has a garden that attracts wildlife of the larger variety.

They have sent me another picture of their latest early morning visitor.

pheasant

Getting Away From It All

I had a weekend away a fortnight ago when the weather was clear. It was nice to get away and relax, especially as there wasn’t much to do in the garden or plot.

I went to a lovely hotel in the Malvern’s called the Malvern Hills Hotel. Very nice, good food and so quiet and relaxing:

malvern hills

I would recommend the hotel to anyone. The food was good and it feels very local rather than overdone. The walking nearby is great too. Some pics of that later.

Hyacinth

This is a hyacinth bulb that used to be sitting indoors. I decided to plant it out and I’m hoping it will take. I expect it will require a year to grow its bulb and ‘feel’ ready to flower fully.

hyacinth

Busted Ladybird

I had this clay ladybird in the garden as an ornament. I don’t usually do the garden ornament thing, but I do like ladybirds.

It got damaged and I tried to fix it with ‘no more nails’. It seemed to work and then I foolishly left it out over winter and after the snow had melted it exploded in the heat as the moisture must have got in.

A rather inglorious ending for a ladybird.

Ooops!

ladybird

ladybird

This last picture is how it should have looked, did look, last year.

ladybird

Snow Road 2

A blue winter shot.

snowroad