A few Pics

What a day we had yesterday, it started off nice and sunny, typical April, blue skies, fluffy clouds with a slight breeze, I washed the dog's bedding and hung it on the line, then decided to bake some bread and a coffee sponge,    ahhhh,  life can be so pleasant, ...UNTIL................ I glanced out of the window and saw  silver streaks of rain falling on my washing.....eeeeeek, I ran out to rescue it, then within minutes when .........Boom, bang, and flash, thunder, lightening and torrential rain, what a racket, I unplugged the PC to be safe,  poor Ruby was cowering under a chair, Tango, bless him, is so deaf now he couldn't hear anything, not that it's ever bothered him much. It started around 2.30 pm and lasted all afternoon,Poor Ruby wouldn't eat her tea nor go to the loo.  Around 6 pm it looked like it might have improved, and I gave a tentative thought I just might venture out with the dogs, but when I looked at the sky to the west  it was black as a witch's hat, so thought the better of it, thank heavens I did. It really kicked in with hail to add to the drama. The storm was right overhead.   Well, there was no way I was going out in that, even if the dogs had been willing.
 In the local news that evening they reported it was apparently it  freak weather round the south coast, we even had a twister near Winchester.

However I'd been sorting out some photos of Chewton Bunny for my next posting but this one jumped in.

Here are the pictures, sorry they are a bit out of synch, but as the sun is still shining I want to get outside and do some tidying up, catch you all later.

There used to be old railway sleepers as steps, then they ripped  them out and replaced them with this horrible metal monstrosity, so out of keeping with the site, they have now replaced them with the wooden ones at the back, much better, though I still preferred the old sleepers.

Here are the horrible metal steps, but there was quite a lot of objection they had to replace them.

Here is the original style of steps with Barney and Ruby

                                              The newer steps are at the back, not brilliant, but an improvement

I think this is one of the prettiest views

A pretty flower, but I get too much of it in my garden this time of the year

One of the old hand made seats with a nice view of the sea

Wood anemone also known as Windflower, such a pretty name.

They are abundant all down the paths at this time of year.

This was about 5 pm  a couple of weeks ago, it's very dark down the Bunny with no lighting and high trees.

This is very much like the common I wrote about that got burned down, the vegetation was as thick.

This was taken last year, they're just breaking open now

This is a bit further on my walk, but the daffs are so pretty I just had to include them.

The pretty dog violet is also very prolific, unfortunately it has no perfume unlike the Parma violet, but a pretty flower.

This is a view overlooking the sea looking East, the 'spoilt' caption was because they [the faceless council] were hoping to build a skate park and BMX biking run on this ground, luckily we got enough signatures to get it stopped. Many of the seats along the paths are in memory of a deceased relative and it was a favourite view. they should be left there forever if needs be.

The branches are just starting to show a slight haze of green now

This is as it says, the view from under the old bridge leading off down the right to the sea about  a mile 

Came across this adder the other week, in the twenty + years I've stayed here it's the first I've seen, though I've been told they are on the cliff paths. it was about 7" long so quite young.

Thank you for visiting and please come back, Arlene, Tango and Ruby