NGS Open Day at Farleigh Wallop, view from the patio doors.

Amazing part of the world, and on my doorstep more or less. Lovely pub at the end of the 5 miles, I shall return!

Rhubarb & vanilla to be precise!

So I think Saturday will be spent making rhubarb & vanilla jam!

The road outside my house is being resurfaced this week..... no access most of the day today!

I found these two dead Blue Tit chicks on the driveway this morning whilst getting ready for my 08:00 appointment with the local Council W...

And todays second crop from the garden is Rhubarb.... the pink stalks are now being prepped into julienne strips and poached in a vanilla ...

The sun is out, the strawberry plants have been thinned & the first crop from the garden this year is Asparagus. It will be lightly st...

I know I don't need another camera, but this offer was too good to turn down....   Currys have this full HD, 12 megapixel, 20x optica...

I went for dinner at a friends house in Amport on Friday night - a non-Valentines Day evening, works for me. After a couple of glasses o...

I have for years wanted a KitchenAid Artisan mixer, but the hefty price tag & the fact that I had a perfectly good Kenwood mixer in th...

The internal wooden scaffolding structure of the c1320 spire at Salisbury Cathedral which is hollow, as seen on one of their amazing tour...

Particularly quiet at Salisbury Christmas Market this evening, loads of stalls, fantastic selection of food on sale, lovely smells floatin...

Lovely day off, spent the whole day in Winchester in & around the Cathedral. Lunch at the Old Vine and an evening shopping at the Chri...

... but only after it was struck down in the gales last month. A local huge cedar tree felled by the winds has been converted to fire ...

A processed monochrome shot of a tree I used to walk past every day when a schoolboy, walking down from John Hanson to my father's sho...

Last visit here was in May, much quieter today. The colours were lovely, still quite a few things in blossom. I'm still discovering ne...

A walk from Bishopsgate to Windsor was had today, 3.5 miles each way, it would have been better without the Windsor Half Marathon taking p...

After last weekend's antics of helping a neighbour erect their summerhouse, I decided this weekend to tackle the final finishing touch...

This is the first time I had visited this garden in Longparish, nearly 30 years after first knowing of it's existence. Absolutely st...

On the way to garden #1 on the National Garden Scheme open day in Longparish.

.... no, it's the South of Buckinghamshire! Cliveden to be precise, a good time was had, a stunning place & a beautiful hotel, it ...

A good day out was had at RHS Wisley, the car parks were filling fast, but the Ghurka's had it all under control.

After a bit of thought (wondering whether to leave as was for a 2nd season & let nature take it's course, or refresh & replant...

Noted on a lunchtime stroll around the garden was this, the first sign of an asparagus crop! I know I won't get a great harvest as thi...

Last weekend I finally managed to start preparing for some work in the garden, a bit of tidying up, digging over the raised beds, removing...

Whilst having a browse around, I was persuaded to buy a bottle of this last week in a new(ish) local Wine shop in Stockbridge - Wine Utopi...

Ironically this will be short review as it was a very loooong film. Les Miserable was seen yesterday, having seen the trailer for it last ...

this was spotted at Thruxton, a skeletal Hurricane airframe being rebuilt was rolled out for ground runs today. One of two being worked on...

Whilst I like & trust the mantra "Never Knowingly Undersold" it isn't always true.....  this Rope-knot doorstop is £28 ...

Normally the first success of the year with The Big Cheese is always an indicator of The Big Freeze......

..... into the Sonos revolution. After a long time thinking about it I took up an offer to by a Sonos system, or the start of one at lea...

I saw these in the beech hedge on my driveway earlier today, they looked stunning in the brilliant sunshine. Amazing autumnal colours th...

Seeing the shops full of Halloween stuff & the crates of "Carving Pumpkins" I decided to buy one & make various things f...

A grand day out was had at Wisley, it's a place I've driven past on hundreds of occassions, but never quite found the time to go t...