01/02/2019 Trying to catch up...

24/01/2019 Ice on the pond in Devizes with reflections...

25/01/2019 Sunset Devizes...

28/01/2019 The Wadworth Drays delivering beer to the pubs on our last morning in Devizes.

29/01/2019 Going home - Leaving at sparrow to get to the Chunnel in Folkestone...

29/01/2019 heading down the M20 in the UK, I just liked the clouds that looked like mountains.

29/01/2019 Back in France; many of the bridges have different statues on them...

29/01/2019 Sadly driving along the coast there are also quite a few wind turbines as it is very windy there - my pet hate!...

29/01/2019 A view from under a bridge...

29/01/2019 French road signs.

29/01/2019 French countryside...

29/01/2019 and then the rain came down.

30/01/2019 It started snowing as soon as we reached our hotel at Bourgtheroulde-Infreville and this is what we set out in the following morning...

30/01/2019 Not nice...

30/01/2019 White countryside...

30/01/2019 Trying to pass trucks!!!!...

30/01/2019 The snow ploughs were out...

It continued to past LeMans and then it just rained the remainder of the way home!!

 01/02/2019 I could not get to the camera fast enough to get a good shot, the neighbour herding his first lambs into a drier place.

16/01/2019 Driving to Bath, Somerset, UK

My FIL has been in the hospital for a few days and most of these photos are on the drive into Bath to bring him home. Since then he has been back in again and we hope that possibly he will be back home again tomorrow. It has been a very difficult few days and very little time for photos and blogging.

Returning from the hospital the sunset was behind us.

I popped into Devizes before leaving and this is the indoor market...

and this is the outside market. It has been a market town for many 100's of years.

Cheery daffodils.

Pansies.

Primulas.

The Raven at Poulshot where we met friends for lunch. We thought we would have to cancel but we could only pick FIL up late afternoon...

Inside.

Driving to Bath I was reminded how many hedges there are in the UK.

Passing a pub - note the red phone box; yes they still exist here and some in working order...

a few houses en route...

Note the cones on the right of the road - it looked like the road had collapsed!!

Driving through Bathford...

Roadworks in Bathford...

Bath - this is Camden Road...

Bath - Julian Rd - My Mum's cousin used to have a shoe shop here. He had known Nigel for years via the Bath Car Club, and when Nigel moved to Africa in 1981 he arrived with my phone number - the rest is history

Bath - residential houses, Camden Crescent.

I have updated my bird blog HERE.

05/01/2019 Happy New Year everyone.

I have been regularly walking the canal to keep myself relatively fit.  It has been cold, but with almost no rain so far and little wind, even I who loves the sun have enjoyed my walks.  If you have not seen my previous two posts then there is more information about the canal there.

Mist on the Kennet and Avon Canal.

As above.

One of the locks.

George Bar Bistro.

Caen Hill Locks are the longest continuous straight flight of locks in the UK.

This dog obviously decided that she had walked far enough and refused to move 😉

Catkins.

Quakers walk away from the canal

Squirrels in the trees...

and a very excited dog saw them and could not stop yapping.

Sunset over Devizes.

Loved this pair in the sidecar seen in Devizes.

Reflections on the canal.

The wharf.

No, it is not real but very lifelike.

Still waters run deep.

Devizes is a truly historic town and so full of history.  I try not to put too much information on the photodiary, so I have posted about the town on My Life In the Charente 2 with lots more information which might interest many of you.