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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,326

    Thanks Chicky.  image  I can hear him saying it now I think about it...

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,326

    Thanks Jo.  My garden has wild flowers in it too.  I often prefer them to the over-bred, inelegant cabbagey doubles.  Tulips especially - love Tulipa sylvestris in dappled shade.  image

    MUST go and start the HWK image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LesleyKLesleyK Posts: 4,029

    Beautiful pics Liriimage.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,113

    Beautiful photos Liri image  We once spent Midsummer Week on Skye - I was hoping for views like yours but most of the time it was like this

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     However the day we spent here http://www.isleofskye.com/activities/boat-trips/340-dunvegan-seal-boat-trips made up for all the rain!


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,315

    Great photos. Keep them coming please.

    Dove, found the Bressingham site, thanks.  Will read it in more detail later.

    S. E. NSW
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Only ever been to Edinburgh , always wanted to go around the Highlands & Isles , perhaps one day 

    And do rather like  drop of Malt particularly in the Atumn / Winter seems to give you an inner warmth image

  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    GWRS i can recommend quite a few malts for you to try. Don't save them for the autum tho nothing better than after a hard day sitting on the garden bench looking over the garden with a talisker in my hand. If i can get my computer at home up and running i'll post my holiday pics. I always travel in Scotland and seem to always end up somewhere near a distillery image 

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,326

    Coffee break time.  image  

    Thanks to all for kind comments!  Hard luck with the weather on Skye, Dove; we first stayed in our cottage 27 years ago, for 3 weeks, and all but 3 days looked like your photo... but we loved it so much we've been going ever since.  image

    Better do some more hoovering... though first, can anyone identify this butterfly, please?  Also seen on the little island.  Marsh fritillary was a local suggestion, but it's got more white on it than my book shows:

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    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • star gaze lilystar gaze lily Posts: 17,593

    Beautiful photos Liri, lovely sunset. image

    Thank you for sharing.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Hi doc - great to have you back! Can you give me the details of where you were staying - I'm thinking of going there to get warmed up....image

    Still not in double figures here image

    Lovely pix Liri - I took a pic of those hills from 'the other side' on Saturday. The Dalmally Horseshoe. A great walk. Nut or landgirl will know which butterfly that is. image

    GWRS - Glen Fyne is where you should start. The distillery is just before the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, and you can catch some great scenery on the way. Don't come today - it looks more like Dove's pic  image

    Hope the TWIGS are getting better weather for their trip image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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