Capel Manor - Halloween - 2020

A spooktacular time in the haunted gardens.  Great fun for all the family.

 

Capel Manor - College Gardens - October 2020

Bright Autumn colours in the Woodland Walk (above).  More subtle tints in the Temple Lake gardens (next three photos below).

View of lake from the Temple portico (see above).  Below, a view of the lake and reflections of surrounding vegetation.

Autumn colours are a delight at Capel Manor.  The fallen leaves have beautiful red (above) and brown hues.  

 I couldn't resist a visit to the Cactus house to warm up.  I spotted these patterned leaves and delicate colours (above).

Janet was wearing the right jacket to have her photo taken with this creeping ivy growing along the south wall of the Historical Gardens.

Peeping through!  in the Temple Lake gardens.

Winter walk in Epping Forest

Crisp Sunday morning walking along the Holly Trail in Epping Forest.  Ended walk with a light bite at the Holly Trail cafe.

Mr Churchill in resolute mood

Close-up of the Churchill statue in Woodford.  I thought that this would be a good post on the day the next General Election has been announce.

Day Out - Epping to Ongar Railway

Trip started from Epping Underground station.  From where we baorded a Routemaster bus to North Weald.....brought back memories of 'On The Buses':  Bus conductor, paper tickets, wind-up windows, cable bell pull, etc.

Beautiful countryside surrounds North Weald station.

A Day Out at IWM Duxford

TF51D Mustang 'Contrary Mary' (G-TFSI), above, in the American Air Museum hangar.

Below is the iconic De Havilland Tiger Moth suspended in the AirSpace museum and, further below, being re-fuelled.

No prizes for guessing the next plane...................

11th November 2018

Remembrance Day 2018 takes on a special meaning as it falls on the centenary of Armistice Day.  Wanstead remembers.

The majestic Horse Chestnut tree.

Misty Autumn morning

100 Years Old - Happy Birthday, RAF

RAF100 flypast in the Mall.  

Would have preferred blue skies but the RAF still put on a decent show.

Summer Flowers - Poole Park

Raft Racing - Poole Park

Racing of DIY rafts in aid of the Dorset Air Ambulance Fund.

RAF 100 years old

Spitfire ready for take-off

The end of winter?

   Ground cover at Branksome Dene Chine, Poole.

In a somewhat reflective mood

Beautiful spring morning at Hengistbury Head, Dorset

A Winter's Tail

Spring Equinox tomorrow:  Perhaps an end to the snowy scenes.

However, I did enjoy seeing this visitor to our garden.