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Creative post pillar box toppers

Admirable creativity on display with knitted toppers on post pillar boxes. In the last few days I’ve seen amazing toppers in Bagshot and in Lightwater, and elsewhere in the country. The creat…

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The Tank Regiment Memorial Statue

In a recent visit to London I passed by the Tank Regiment Memorial Statue in Whitehall. It’s one that I’ve not previously seen, well not up close that is. What’s moving about this…

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Right, let’s get to it. Hutber’s law states, “Improvement means deterioration”. Patrick Hutber (1928-1980) was a financial journalist and City Editor of the The Sunday Teleg…

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Visiting the Four Solent Forts on a Gosport Ferry Cruise LR

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Wild orchid photo adorns Heathscene magazine

Surrey heath Borough Council’s quarterly magazine distributed to all households in the borough has a photo of wild orchids in bloom in the ornamental lake in Lightwater. So, what’s spec…

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Dry and sunny last Sunday 28th May for the American Battle Monuments Commission’s Memorial Day at Brookwood American Military Cemetery. Brookwood Military Cemetery hosts memorials of many nat…

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Lightwater is good at village fetes

Last Saturday Lightwater held its annual fete. The weather held fair, the crowds came and enjoyed themselves. Earlier in May, on Saturday 8th, Lightwater held a coronation music festival, again the…

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Repotting and watering of cacti and succulents completed. First watering since October last year. This is spiky Agave lophantha quadricolour, an offset from a larger plant, am hopeful it takes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqX47Fftw9C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Am better identifying daffodils - front garden full of them, with Giant Yellow with orange centre and my fav, the all yellow St Kaverne. Also Tete a Tete and Hawera in small numbers. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5QR-uNOTO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hopeless at tree identification, I’m assuming it’s wild cherry. Absolutely lovely abundant blossom . https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2zBZgNtNq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The cafe at the Folies Bergere by Eduard Manet in the Courtauld Gallery. The first painting showing a branded object - A bottle of Bass beer. (at The Courtauld) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpAWtRpth3g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Lovely weather for varied walk thru local heathland, flowers, pond and fuel oil pipeline work. https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2qMcqrcPI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A Royal Farm shop offers variety

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Seeing snowdrops in our heathland delights

Close to the fence line of the Bisley and Pirbright ranges in the heathland of West End I was delighted to see snowdrops pushing up through the undergrowth. Preferring shady deciduous woodland, the clumps of snowdrops I saw yesterday on my heathland walk were emerging from a carpet of leaves. They don’t like dry sandy soils, or being in full sun, so it’s only in a couple of places on my…

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RLC Regimental officers mess in Deepcut now just rubble

An inevitable outcome with the Princess Royal Barracks being sold for housing, the Regimental Officers Mess is now just a pile of rubble. Many a time we’ve been guests in the mess, so many happy memories. Here’s a photo of all that now remains of the building.

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Surrey Heath Museum displays WW1 links between Frimley and Isle of Man

Among the many interesting stories about German WW1 prisoners of war held in the camp at Frith Hill in Frimley is the link between the Frith Hill camp and Knockaloe camp in the Isle of Man, where prisoners were moved from Frith Hill to the Isle of Man. The current Surrey Heath Museum exhibition explores those links

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