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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Shropshire » Market Drayton June 8th 2023

As we walked around a corner we were taken aback . There in front of us was a wooden building . A summer house . Quite perfect and covered in roses . Not any old rose . "It is - isn't it ?" We said . Yes it was our old friend Francis E Lester . The rambler we planted two years ago in our garden and which now is rambling all over the brick wall and beyond . To say it is a perfect rose is no understatement . The petals which are single open with pale pink edges . On their own they would be insignificant . But each stem holds around forty buds which once fully open turn to white and are loved by the bees . They open over time so you ... read more
roses over the barn
Roses climbing everywhere
The rill

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Shropshire » Market Drayton May 26th 2023

I shall blame Gardeners World. Well you have to blame something don't you ? As we sat in the different car park for cars not motorhomes waiting for the train to France we found ourselves in need of a leg stretch and a visit to the toilets . We had not set foot inside the Eurotunnel building for years. We never had to. We had our own facilities and could wait out the train in relative comfort . This time though we needed to walk over just to pass a little time. With about an hour to spare we had to do something other than sit in the car . The shops were just a stones throw away and would at least give us something to do while we waited for the train call up time ... read more
The view across the countryside from the garden
The pond and the alpine scree
The laburnum arch




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