Dearest Reader,
Many apologies for my tardy diary update - this is my first diary catch up since 24 May, so feel free to grab a cuppa and a biscuit before you settle down.
These have been busy times in the 'hood, taking in history, flora and fauna, as well as an Isle of Wight visit and the Glastonbury Festival.
If you are sitting comfortably, I will begin ...
On 30 May, during half term week, I went up to Hampton Court to take a peek inside with my friend and her daughter (and her sister and niece).
Having a 3 and 7 year old in the party meant that we could not linger too long, but I saw enough to want go back and have a more leisurely look at the palace. <See more here>
The day after, we went up that way again and visited Bushy Park which ajoins Hampton Court, after a swim at the open air pool at Hampton <more of Bushy here>
June kicked off with a great day at Whipsnade Zoo with friends and their families. This is a good day out with space and many animals both large and small to keep your attention.
It is indeed a BDO (Big Day Out). <more photos here> So ended the school half term break....
June kicked in and on Saturday 10 June, my friend, her daughter and myself went to the Ardingly Showground for the South of England Show on a very warm day. This is a big agricultural / rural show (but not actually as big as I imagined). We saw Birds of Prey demonstrations, a great Sheep Dog and Duck round up, masses of animals and a bit of horse jumping. It was very, very enjoyable.
<South of England Show photos here>
On the following day 11 June, the RHS Garden at Wisley called again, more chilled time with friends and their family. <more photos here>
Saturday 17 June marked the Queen's Official Birthday and Central London was pretty much closed because of the Trooping The Colour ceremony being held on Horseguard's Parade. I got up to my Mum's and while watching the event on the BBC, realised that we were on the flypast route so I popped up to the walkway above the flat. I managed a few reasonable photos.
<Google Photos - Flypast album>
A few days later on 21 June until the 26th, I ventured west to the Glastonbury Festival.
I have discussed this at length elsewhere on the site and in my blog: Diary and Photos <Glastonbury 2017> Blog: <Epilogue - A Last few Words About Glastonbury 2017>
The weekend following Glastonbury on 1-2 July, I was lucky enough to spend a lovely weekend visiting the Isle of Wight with my bestest friend. We had a busy and exhausting couple of days exploring the island. While we were there, we met up with her sister and brother who were both on holiday there at the same time.
We will be going back. <more Isle of Wight here>
On 23 July, we found ourselves at the gardens at Wisley once more. My friend and I had a really nice potter and saw some very nice metal garden ornaments.
<Photos here>
And that, Dearest Reader brings us pretty much up to date.
Pip pip !! Take care until next time...
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