Mid September Visit to Herefordshire

 

Last weekend we made a brief visit to Herefordshire just for 3 nights. The journey there was a bit of a nightmare as the M42 by Redditch was closed between two junctions due to an accident so we had to make a huge detour to travel across country! The journey ended up taking 3 hours rather than the usual 90 minutes!

There is not much change in the Herefordshire Trees although I think the leaves on the Octopus Tree may be starting to change colour very slightly?

Herefordshire Oak

Octopus Tree

Constable Tree(s)

The pink geranium is still flowering really well. I must remember to bring it home with us when we winterise the caravan.

There are about ten tomatoes on D's tomato plant.

D and I are beginning to think the chilli plant was mislabelled and it is actually a green pepper plant!

Teasel in the garden. Despite B's efforts to eradicate them they managed to self seed.  I am quite pleased as when they are in flower they attract pollinators and the seedheads are good for goldfinches in the winter.

The Hawthorn hedge is full of berries.

Apart from going to Tesco Tenbury Wells on the Saturday to do a food shop yet again we didn't go anywhere. I am still hoping D will come with us on one of our visits. E did plan to come with us last weekend but in the end she stayed at home as her friend who now lives in Blackpool was returning for the weekend and she wanted to see her.

There is not much other news. I am still not sleeping very well and continue to try and fend off cellulitis. It really is becoming rather wearing!

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 appreciate an email first - thanks).

Recent Reading

 

 I enjoyed the next book in Anne O Brien's series. "The Queen's Choice" tells the story of Joanna of Navarre who marries Henry IV of England.

I really enjoyed the next DCI Banks book - in fact I could not put it down. Tracy who is Banks' daughter runs away into hiding (at DCI Banks Cottage as he is away in America) with her friend's boyfriend who turns out to be an an exceedingly "bad boy"!  

I enjoyed the last book so much that I read the next in the series - perhaps not so nailbiting but still a good read.

I enjoyed this book more than the previous stories in the series although I seem to remember there were a lot of characters and a lot of sub plots and I did get confused at times.

The last book I read was the second North Norfolk Murder Mystery.  I enjoyed it but like the first book in the series I did find there was at times too much violence.

I still have loads of non fiction to read on my old Kindle Fire but I am slowly running out of fiction so at some stage I will have to start using the new Kindle Fire.  If I am honest I am not overkeen on it as it takes for ever and a day just to find the books! I am beginning to wish I had just bought a kindle. I naively assumed the new Kindle Fire would be the same as the old one but it isn't!

In other news I currently have yet another bad attack of cellulitis which is really getting me down as, despite taking antibiotics, it just doesn't seem to want to go away. I am getting somewhat fed up with just sitting round the house every day.  I am hoping at some stage soon we can return to Herefordshire for a few days.

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.