Seaside

Burnham-on-Sea and Western-Super-Mare

We had been to Burnham before for a day trip from another place. We didn't realise until we had been there for a while. I even thought we had been in a cafe similar to the one we were in. Then the penny dropped!

Western Super Mare

Long shadows in the winter sun.

Burnham on Sea

Bradgate Park and Newtown Linford

Bradgate Park - We have been here many many times as well, join us on our walk.

We finished here at the newly opened this year Tea Rooms.

The old and the new go well together.

We sat outside today but hopefully as this one is rather more modern than the older one it will be open in the winter as well.

Nothing jumped in my basket here, its very pretty but rather expensive. 

I am spoilt, at the nursery where I work the original selling prices are still a lot cheaper than this places "to clear", prices.

RSPCA Open Garden

This garden opens twice a year in aid of the RSPCA. Due to the weather we have missed it for the last couple of openings at least.

This weekend wasn't looking good either.

However, plants do like the rain, so all was well.

Seed Roof

Isn't this walkway lovely?

I did ask him to pose for me but he wasn't interested.

 The boot is good fun, and makes a great planter.

Weekend

This street looked a lot more inviting in real life.

Planting around the Church with the Old Grammar School in the background

Red, White and Blue Planting scheme.

The River was very high after all the rain

We sat here and read the paper.

I took this photo mainly as a record of plants which grow well in the shade.

To finish, after all that walking around.

Watermead Park

Last night we had a picnic at Watermead Park then had a walk around.

That is a replica woolly mamouth btw, its meant to have roamed here.

Our Allotment 26th May 2012

Some photos of our allotment on 26th May 2012

This is a fan trained loganberry, its the first time we have fan trained anything, and, well, it does look fan shaped. We did have a good crop last year and it does have flowers on this year so it should be okay.

The plum tree to the left was bought for £5.00 four years ago, we had fruit last year, and we pruned it during late March, its looking okay so far.

You can see our potatoes to the left of the path in the middle. These onions on the right but you can see them.

The essential tools. 

 Broad beans to the left and netted cabbages and broccoli after that, under the white hoops that you can see.