June Trip to Herefordshire

I can't believe its been around a month since I last posted. I won't go into all the details but I've had several appointments at the GP's and more blood tests concerning the ongoing saga of cellulitis. I am assured the cellulitis is slowing going and I just have to be patient until the infection has gone.

Anyway last week we finally made it back to Herefordshire and stayed five nights. 

Apologies if this post is somewhat similar to others from Herefordshire this year! I am afraid I am still finding it hard to walk far with the swollen foot and ankle so we mainly stayed local and did short walks.

The Herefordshire Oak

The Constable Tree

The Octopus Tree

D bought a new fuschia to replace the one we seem to have lost. 

We did see a few solitary bees around the bee house - I think they are probably Leaf Cutter Bees. Hopefully they will start taking leaves in to make nests.

I did see a few bumble bees while we were there but I have to say that this year seems to be a poor one for sightings of butterflies, hoverflies and bumble bees both in Herefordshire and back at home. 

I am assuming there are moths about though as one evening D and I spent a wonderful 20 minutes outside the caravan with the bat detector with three bats swooping round us and the caravan.

Timothy pleased to be back on his shelf!

Dog roses are flowering and

apples are forming.

The Fox and Cubs plant I bought last year is thriving and spreading!  I don't think B is over happy about it! He is certainly not happy about how large the teasel is and how it has crowded out other plants!

It was the Full Moon when we were there. June's is known as the Strawberry Moon.  I was hoping to see it rise but sadly that night was cloudy - typical!

One afternoon we went for a short walk through the site to buy some eggs at the Hen House at the end of the drive.  

Umbellifers galore along the hedgerow.

Plants in Walls

This is the type of container I would like to buy to grow herbs!  This was planted by the site owners for everyone who owns a caravan to help themselves if they need herbs for cooking. Mint seems to be taking over - we have that problem with our herb pots. I think mint perhaps needs to go in a separate pot.

The second day of the holiday we went into Leominster for the usual click and collect at Morrisons and stopped off very briefly in the town centre to go to the stationery shop there. There are two family birthdays before the end of the month and I needed to look for cards and present ideas. At least I got a birthday card for one birthday!

Another day we popped into Tenbury Wells for a walk and had an icecream at Mr Thoms. Not too many photos as I have been here so often in the past!

I haven't seen this bench before.  I couldn't get a photo of the whole bench as someone was sitting at the end!

The C16th Royal Oak was the main coaching house on the route from London to the North. The name is connected to Charles II who, after the Battle of Worcester, hid in an oak tree at Boscobel House.

D and I went to Stockton Bury Gardens one afternoon and I'll write about that in the next post.

Take care everyone.

All photos taken by me with the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. (I don't particularly rate my photos but if anyone wishes to use one of mine or my son's I would be grateful for an email first thanks).