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Descanso Gardens

A visit to the Descanso Gardens with family.

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Caesar’s Camp

After the air show, we wended our way through Caesar’s Camp and back down Folly Hill. What visit to Caesar’s Camp would be complete without capturing some of the flora and fauna of the ponds?

Hampstead Heath

We took a walk through Hampstead Heath and saw many pretty prospects (click the images to see them larger).

Carron Pond

I’ve photographed here before but here it is in a new season.

Park

We visited a complex of garden allotments in a large park, that was quite lovely. The weather was much better than in Farnham, too, in the high 20s instead of the teens (high 80s vs low 50s °F).

When I take the train to London, before even getting to Alderhsot, I always see beautiful bodies of water out the train window. Some weeks ago I resolved to go find them and photograph them. Of course, the train is elevated at this point, so I wasn’t sure I’d get the same view, and I wondered if I could get passed the obscuring treeline. Looking on the map, I found the Badshot Lea Big Pond was a walk of only a little over a couple of miles so we set off on the firs nice day. Unfortunately, when we got there, we discovered it was a private fishing club with no admittance and no real view through the shrubbery. Then, about a week later, a train ride to London on a foggy morning, at low speed, presented another opportunity (click the images below to see them larger).

Log, Pond, and Horse

More from last week’s walk on the North Downs Way, which starts a few minutes’ walk from our flat.

The Tree

I think I probably posted a picture of this tree last time I visited Waverley Abbey but it really does stand out from its surroundings. This time we brought our US visitors on our hike to the ruined abbey and I took a bunch more shots – I hope not too similar to those I posted last time. Click any of the images below to see them enlarged (you may have to click into the post title first for this to work if you’re seeing this in email or on social media).