Highnam court gardens 2 August 2015

 carved horses, look round their hooves and you find small animals and fish

like this

and this

 and even this

 all carved out of trunks of chopped down trees

 The Money garden

 These two were very large, probably chain saw carvings

 another view of the Monet lake

 owl in flight

 No, he's real!!

 Boar and piglets

 wild flowers

 chair with birds and fish

 a comfortable seat

 Knot garden

 Fox

Eagles and rabbit

A few of the Lake District July 2015

 Langdales from Holehird gardens

Tony in Holehird gardens

 Luna

 Luna weighing up her chance of getting away with jumping on Lucas

 The Langdales from Holehird Gardens Troutbeck

 Tony's 77th birthday meal

 On the steamer Tern on the way from lakeside to Bowness on Windermere

 Tarn Hows

I am always behind them!

Reflections


Apologies because for a reason best known to itself the blog has put some of these out of order.

Canal cream tea cruise 1 August 2015

This was a two hour cruise on the Gloucester - Sharpness canal on one of the canal boats owned by The Willow Trust. Normally these boats are used to give free trips to disabled adults and children during the summer. Except for the skippers the Trust is run by volunteers. Tony raises money for them by mending and selling old mobile phones.