2021 August

We had a lovely day at The Newt with Lucy, Hannah and their children. it was great fun and we enjoyed a picnic and ice creams.

After lunch we went for a walk through the woods and Deer park and were treated to the sight of deer walking quite close to us.

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On another day Annie and Gerry travelled to the East Somerset Railway at Cranmore. We had a lovely time looking at the museum, engine sheds and the station before then short ride behind a steam engine. One interesting sight was a “K4″ phone kiosk which incorporated a post box and stamp machines. only 50 were ever manufactured.

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The weather in early September was brilliantly hot and we enjoyed a couple of evenings sitting out on the top patio. It all made up for the generally poor weather in August.

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We visited Kew Gardens on a very hot day having driven up from Fairford. The gardens are clearly very special and we enjoyed walking around the grounds with so many different tree species and some lovely flower beds although probably a bit late in the year to see them in their full splendour. This was certainly the case in the rose gardens which must have been spectacular at their peak. We also visited the plant houses and were impressed by the banana plant and some very large water lilies (Victoria Amazonica) as well as the smallest water lily species in the world.