My third day at Parley Court and
the very first I have experienced to be completely cloudless, no wonder
then reports have been coming in of traffic jams and Service Station
full to breaking point further north. There was never a finite date for
my departure and there's never any knowing when 'this lot' will let me
go, so each evening I have continued 'tunneling' to effect an escape.
Meanwhile, the day has been filled with aimless wanderings around the
property, one of my absolute favourites.
A MIGHTY OAK and a
London
Transport, Diesel-Engined 97-Horsepower Omnibus (Flanders and Swann)
contrast sharply, the latter on its way to convey the Bride and Groom to
the reception at the Manor House.
At the Equestrian Centre business appears to be booming, today the clientele we strictly young people.
Flowers of a 'wanted' nature bloom in the herbaceous border within the Manor garden,
while elsewhere prolific and poisonous RAGWORT is not so welcome especially around horses.
The Memsahib (Janet) keeps the verges trimmed with tones of the Genesis classic "I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe". As
the sun beats down I lie on the bench, you can always hear them talk.
'Cus me I'm just a Lawnmower you can tell by the way I walk.
Aircraft
continue buzzing in and out of Bournemouth International Airport ( we
even caught brief glimpses of the Red Arrows today)
as LILYs flower in
PARLEY POND. Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful, pictures of Lily help me sleep at night. The Who.
If you have had enough of the unseasonable weather, what about this
from Frampton on Severn, Gloucester, first-summer Redwing trapped and
ringed this morning, now even the birds are totally confused. A Redwing
is a northern Thrush rarely associated with English summer months.
From
my former 'ship-mate' Paul Knapp, the image of a female ROE DEER close
to the Granby Estate, Weymouth (a built up area) where she is reported
as weening 2 Fawns.
and
finally from Willie Downs, up there in Bonny Scotland, a series of
amazing shots of the BLUE ANGELS a US Aerobatic Display Team. Blue_Angel Link