Portsmouth Dockyard

Showing HMS Victory without her topmasts and HMS Warrior – iron glad ship

Wisley Grounds

By the lake there was the amazing coloured stems of Dogwood (cornus)

Wisley

Intriguing flowers in the same Glasshouse. I really appreciated my daughter giving up a day for my birthday treat!

Wisley

Wisley is a Royal Horticultural Garden. In winter they have butterflies flying in the tropical area of the large Glasshouse. It was difficult focussing as the camera lens kept steaming up. This outing was my daughter’s birthday treat.
N.B Click once on the image – it is very large -click again to get a useful size

New Forest Ponies

In January in the New Forest we watched the ponies go to the water and drink. They seemed to be feeding on the gorse.