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Kew in October II

It was only when I started writing this post that I realised I've written about Kew in October here before - I think my photography's advanced a bit since then though (I like to think!). No bad thing - it is a fantastic time of year to go, just before all the leaves, well, leave.

A maple bonsai. I didn't know that was even possible. They had an oak one too, among others.


Tiny halloween lanterns.


Deadly Nightshade. Chris thought it looked "appetising". Hmm.


Fun with algae.


Of course it's not all bright colours and fun. Some plants are feeling fairly melancholy now the nights are drawing in.

ELBOW BALLOON EXCITEMENT OVERLOAD

ELBOW BALLOON EXCITEMENT OVERLOAD, originally uploaded by hello.vickibrown.

I couldn't help but think they released these a bit early in the song, and everyone got so over-excited by the fact there were LOTS OF BALLOONS!!!! they got completely distracted.

Colombo Street

Colombo Street, originally uploaded by hello.vickibrown.

This has been sitting on my camera card forever. I know it's spelt wrong but it still amused my tiny little Columbo-loving brain. I also spotted a street in Dorchester called Little Britain but was too slow to get a photo :(

Fraggle 8

It's that time of year again. I'm panic-buying jumpers, the leaves are turning and it's acceptable once more to stay in of an evening and eat biscuits, so it must be Fraggle-time. This year, a week in Plush (what a great name for a place) in Dorset. We stayed in a sprawling old farmhouse on a working farm. The cows kept us company, waking us up with moo-ing at 5 in the morning and generally being smelly.




Bunty and Jo demanded more attention by trying to eat our conkers and throwing themselves at our feet for fuss.





Once we stopped pretending we had pets, we went to Weymouth for what turned out to be the last properly hot day of the year for yummy homemade ice-cream (two flavours only - 'coconut' or 'normal') and some good fish & chips. mmm.



I even went in the sea!




After an enormous restorative Sunday roast, the remaining few that hadn't had to rush back to London were left to wander around and generally fill time.




Over the course of the rest of the week we marvelled at how small Lyme Regis is...


...ate lots of scones (they went too fast to photograph), went to see the Cerne Abbas giant, and couldn't help but be drawn by Monkey World - really good it was too!

More France

A busy 4 days with lots of wine, cheese, Wii Fit, river swimming and surprisingly no headaches.

We bought some very yummy wine from 'The Wine Woman' at her beautiful vineyard, met with much approval by Ravioli, who apparently mysteriously adopted them, having already decided that yes, he would live here.


The other vineyard we visited was Monbazillac, which apparently is very highly regarded for it's desert wine. It was very nice. The Chateau was beautiful, almost ridiculously stereotypical.


Stunning views from here too...


Next day, Sarlat, with it's ginormous market-hall (ex church) doors...


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