And The Moon Rose

From a recent trip to Kew Gardens.

At Wakehurst, owned by the National Trust, managed by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and home to the Millennium Seed Bank.

Seaview is less visited than other locations on the Isle of Wight, so the beach is largely deserted (and clean).

...but for how much longer.

It’s been a colourful summer, and interesting to contrast my new posts from this year with my old photos.

Kent is often referred to as the ‘Garden of England’, and the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle do nothing to suggest that this description is flawed.

Steam railway on the Isle of Wight.

Taken at Greys Court near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

Another from my day at Dungeness where you get two lighthouses for the price of one and a nuclear power station.  Not your typical beach trip.

From the butterfly house at Whipsnade Zoo.

Hurley village is on the River Thames between Henley-on-Thames and Marlow. Parts of the village church date back to the 11th century when it was built and dedicated as a Benedictine Priory.

Taken at Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight.

An abbey had existed on this site since the early 12th century, but was mostly demolished following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536.  The modern abbey was completed in 1912 and currently less than a dozen Benedictine monks reside and maintain the monastery’s life and the attached farm.

Taken at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.

Crossing the Solent from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth with the town of Ryde and its 19th century pier in the distance

Spring Parterre at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire looking particularly gorgeous

Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent and is one of the largest expanses of shingle in Europe.  With rising sea levels, many expect the land to be returned to the sea within the next 150 years leaving just the two lighthouses and the 5th and 6th Nuclear Power Stations visible above the waves.