Silver-washed Fritillary

 

Absolutely stunning butterflies ! A couple of the rides in one of our local woodlands are alive with these beautiful butterflies this year. An hour there yesterday and we were blown away by them, never stopped coming past and now starting to do courtship displaying. A second visit is definitely on the cards, tomorrow, weather permitting !

Eddystone 34028 Steam Train

 

A new train for us that we saw at Park Farm Crossing, not too far from home.  The Eddystone 34028, built in Brighton in 1946.

Ancient Wood Bluebells

A card from a camera that gets used once in a blue moon gave us a few snaps that had escaped us. Here are a few from our local woods when the bluebells were at their best. Been in the camera quite a while !

A purple carpet !

The wild garlic smelled gorgeous

and a covering of wood anemones

A new UK PB for Tom....a 35.10 common carp

 

A fantastic weekend for our son, Tom, down at his syndicate lake. A new UK personal best for him with this cracking 35lb 10oz common carp. Well done that lad !!

Spotted Redshank, RSPB Blacktoft Sands

 

A couple of hours at Blacktoft which is very near to home, and a single spotted redshank was infront of Marshland Hide. It spent most of the time fast asleep so it was a welcome fly over of a marsh harrier that woke everything up !

Our garden this year looks absolutely fantastic !

 

Sweetcorn and runner beans behind the border, all looking good

Courgettes....now ready and being eaten daily. Delicious lightly fried in butter with plenty of seasoning.

Sweetcorn looking good, ears on every stem

Shallots with chillis and cucumbers behind

Dwarf, French and Runner Beans, literally covered in flowers

Lovely Roses from Tom

A bucket of carrots.....we have many !  They will be tasty and so sweet

Lots of chillis and sweet peppers on, both in greenhouse and we now grow them outdoors

Yellow Courgettes.....beautiful flowers before the delicious fruits

Our first cucumber of the year !

Love a garden bouquet for the table, picked fresh every couple of days x

A good harvest of spuds - gosh they are gorgeous with butter and salt!

40 degrees in the garden in northern Britain.....God help us

and the greenhouse topping off at 51.3 degrees that afternoon