Floral – Page 4

Caerleon

One day we took the train from Cardiff up to Newport where we caught a bus to Caerleon, home to several ancient Roman ruins and one of the primary claimants to be the site of Camelot. We first visited the Roman baths, which were fascinating, though I came away with few useful photographs, then made our way to a small museum, outside of which we visited the “Roman-inspired” garden where these pictures were taken.

Flower

Blackberries

Blackberries grow wild aplenty in and around Farnham Park. in mid-August we (really, my wife) frequently picked them on our walks and added them to our morning yogurts with my homemade granola.

Wildflowers

Another walk along the North Downs Way. There’s always something new to see and we’ve never gone more than about 5 – 10 miles along its 153-mile course, all the way to Dover.

Thistle Do for Now

Some Purdy Flowers

All from the same walk along the North Downs Way and Moor Park to the Waverley Abbey. I have no idea what any of them are called.

Community Garden

Still Life

Finally, we made it off the Causeway and on to the Holy Island, proper. We stopped in a crowded coffee shop to warm up and eventually the couple sitting at the table in front of this window left and I was able to snap this still life.

Wooler

The trip described in the last couple of posts was taken about a month ago – we were going to be walking along St Cuthbert’s Way in Northumberland, from Wooler to Holy Island/Lindisfarne. From the Berwick-upon-Tweed train station we were taken by taxi to our first night’s resting place in Wooler. After checking in, we took a walk around town. (Click any of the images below to see them enlarged.)