Yep, you got it – May Blossom, or Flowering Hawthorn. Seen as a confirmation that spring has arrived, it’s everywhere around here at the moment. Beautiful!
Day 98 – Crataegus Monogyna…
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Day 97 – A Bridge To Nowhere…
This old stone bridge used to carry the A41 road over the River Meese near Newport, Shropshire, and dates back to the early 19th Century. It was bypassed in the 1950s by a pre-stressed concrete bridge and is now protected as a Grade II listed structure. 
Day 94 – Message In A Bottle…
Yesterday’s lunchtime visitors brought me a belated birthday present. Fair to say that most of my birthday gifts this year involved gin, and this was no exception – a monthly ‘subscription’ of different gins to try! I’m looking forward to future deliveries…
Day 93 – Raise Me Up…
We had friends here today for a leisurely lunch, so I decided to make bread to accompany the meal. These aren’t the neatest bread rolls, but they tasted pretty good, even though I say it myself. 
Day 92 – A Woodland Walk
Although much of the land around here is given over to agriculture (mainly dairy cattle), we are fortunate to have a reasonable amount of ‘open access’ land close by. It’s mostly mixed woodland and an excellent place for quiet reflection. This is Maer Hills, just a 10 min drive from home. 
Day 91 – Purple Is The Colour…
These beautiful plants in our garden are Muscari – also known (not surprisingly) as Grape Hyacinths, although they are not actually hyacinths at all. Planted a couple of years ago as bulbs, they have naturalised and spread, and make a colourful display through the spring. 
Day 90 – You Looking At Me…?
The fields around our house are home to around 700 Freisian dairy cattle. Their main diet is grass, but as well as maize, the farmer also grows ‘winter beet’, and the cows get to eat it through the spring until there is enough grass for them to graze. Whenever I wander up the garden, they always take an interest…
Day 87 – Keep Your Head Down…
An area of land in Dorset was commandeered for military training during WW2, and is still used these days for live firing. A number of roads around the area are closed on weekdays, when training etc takes place, and this involves some lengthy diversions. We didn’t actually see any tanks or similar, but we heard machine gun and artillery fire…
Day 86 – Out Of Season…
In season I reckon these beach huts at Sandbanks, Poole, will be pretty busy, but today not one was in use. Beach huts, most of which can’t be stayed in overnight and typically don’t have toilet facilities, can sell for upwards of £100k in some areas. I’m sure that if I could afford one, I’d be using it all the time!
Day 85 – Catching The Sun…
Our few days this week in Dorset seems like a great opportunity to try my latest purchase – a DJI Osmo Pocket video camera. It’s absolutely tiny, shoots 4K video, and is fully gimbal stabilised. I’m hoping to get some good footage of our trip!
One Day At A Time... 