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Visiting the Four Solent Forts on a Gosport Ferry Cruise LR

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(via Funeral of local entertainment legend)

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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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#Royal Farms in Windsor

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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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#Heathland #Snowdrops

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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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#Deepcut #Princess Royal Barracks

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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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#Frith Hill #Surrey Heath Museum #WW1 History

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Admiring the engineering of the man-carrying centrifuge in Farnborough

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#Farnborough Air Sciences Trust #FAST Museum

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Fantastic visit to Farnborough Centrifuge https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzmRoKNrne/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=