Martin's Mag.

A pleasant, and flat, cycle along this canal in Somerset, with the added interest of (to scale) representations of the planets of the solar system along the way. This is Uranus, “A Giant Ball Of Frozen Noxious Gasses With Strange Magnetic Fields”. And unnatural capitalisation.

I feel a song coming on…

Wendy and Graham visiting, so had a walk among the bluebells and boats(?) in Leigh Woods on the south of the Avon Gorge.

Fabulous Devon gardens, created over twenty years or so by Alasdair Forbes. These gardens are designed following a Greek myth theme. Very interesting to be taken around by historian Alastair himself.

A few days staying in a pub in Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.

Lincoln gardens.

Lincoln.

The Kinema (sic) In The Woods, Woodhall Spa.

Woodhall Spa.

Boston windmill.

We were in Wiltshire and cycled past the house where Sally was born!

There was a partial solar eclipse on the 20th March. I risked my camera by taking some photos. It seems to have survived.

Or, if you don’t have a camera, you can use a collander:

A shop in Barnstaple, in Devon, has been covered in donated bras in support of a breast cancer charity, CoppaFeel.org.

Damien Hirst’s huge (some say grotesque) statue on the quay at Ilfracombe. More details on wikipedia.org.

The harbour at Ilfracombe (Verity statue on extreme right).

These gardens are located near of Barnstaple, North Devon. More information at their website broomhillart.co.uk.

This is not an exhibit!

Although we’ve lived in the Bristol area for a very long time, we still tend to think of east Bristol as just a place you go through to get to Bath. However, it may be less glamorous than the better-known Clifton, Redland, The Downs, The Floating Harbour, etc., but there are some interesting areas, particularly along the course of the River Avon. We started in Keynsham and walked for six or seven miles through Bitton and Willsbridge.

Willsbridge Mill

“Wildlife garden” making full use of discarded sanitary ware.