It always amazes me when plants grow in the most inhospitable conditions. These flowers from stone are on the top of the Knaresborough Viaduct. Sorry, I don’t know what sort they are, but they look okay to me, and there’s more than one colour... [see more]
I can’t remember this much rain since 1984, when it really did rain for 40 days and 40 nights in Liverpool. Last week, the trunk road down the hill was flooded when the rainwater drains started working in reverse. Parked cars near the train station moved themselves when the water levels rose to several feet... [see more]
When I think of Oxford, I think of spires and academics, cloaks and halls. I don’t think of gardens and flowers. However, since visiting the Botanic Gardens, that has now changed. Oxford has an impressive collections of exotic plants in a series of glass houses, including all sorts of carnivorous, creepy and spiky varieties... [see more]