Julia was working today so I had an afternoon to myself. This is obviously a mixed blessing – things are usually better with Julia, but they also tend to involve housework or shopping and neither of them rank high on my list of preferred activities.
The featured image is the Lime Avenue, planted in 1840 with 1,296 Common Limes, it’s two miles long and the longest double Lime Avenue in Europe. That presumably means there are longer single avenues and longer double ones elsewhere in the world.
You may notice that there are black bands on the trees – these are grease bands, applied in 1906 to foil insect attacks. They have lasted a long time.
Unfortunately the sun was a bit low and I didn’t have a lot of time, so it wasn’t as productive as it could have been.
On the other hand, I do have a lot of notes for haiku, which was one of the things I was hoping for, so it wasn’t a complete waste.
It was school holidays so there were a lot of kids shouting and getting underfoot so my haiku may include some unconventional subject matter such as the benefits of family planning and the use of baseball bats.
The Lake at Clumber Park
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Beautiful photos! Here, children are back at school this week. Peace!
Thank you. Yes, they will be back in school for a few weeks. It will be safe to visit places again!
The sun is never not low here at this time of the year but you took some good shots in spite of its lowness.
It improved once I cleaned the lens. 🙂
Really lovely, especially the last photo.
Thank you. Not quiye to Maine standards but we are trying. 🙂
You made good use of the low sun
Thank you. It was a badly planned trip, but didn’t work out too badly in the end. 🙂