(Walked on 14th March 2017 – 15.5 Miles) I awoke to a grey sullen dawn, in a grey sullen mood. Though I’m not particularly a grey sullen fellow. OK, OK, I admit it, OK? I wasn’t having fun. This was not the best walk of my life. Not even close. After only four or five […]
(Walked on 13th March 2017 – 15 Miles + 3.5 getting lost) On a chilly-sunny March morning, we pulled into the small carpark at Overton Hill and the start of The Ridgeway. I hauled my rucksack from the boot, clasped it to my back, hugged partner, hugged son, said my goodbyes and waving over my […]
After mulling over which long-distance path to walk for my 2017 hiking holiday, I decided to revisit my first love, The Ridgeway. I first attempted to walk all of this path in 1981, failed, but then succeeded the following year. And if, as a newbie, I had found both experiences challenging, it also hooked me […]
The Anxious Gardener 
I also have one of these, but mine has not rewarded me with a bloom. Amazing color, great photographs!
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Yes it was Faisal. Cheered me up on a wet and insignificant morning.
Hi Shirl, yes it does.
Dave
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Twinkle, twinkle 😉
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Wonderful and unexpected, Dave.
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You're talking about the plant, Elaine, I take it?
Yes Boys. The flower does come from a rather unprepossessing blob, doesn't it?
Hi WW and Kris – indeed!
Hey Stacy (I can be so very American). The shimmering orange is a little unreal isn't it especially without a blazing August sun to ignite it. And yep, that's the new lens. You're so preceptive!
Janet, you've now got me wondering whether I could create something out of plastic, give it a made up name and present it on here. Wonder whether anyone would twig? Might try.
Dave
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P says it looks plastic… are you sure you didn't stick it on? Lovely colour.
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What a wonderful, sunny color–the shimmer on the petals is just gorgeous. It's kind of hard to believe in, though, in the way that flamingos are hard to believe in–too many laws of nature being broken there.
Did you take the photos with your new lens?
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Absolutely delightful!
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Great photo. What a strange plant but such a cheerful little flower.
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It never fails to amaze how such a weird looking plant produce such a classically beautiful flower 🙂
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Weird and wonderful.
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