Some odd shots taken over the last few weeks. On one day we drove to Farleigh Hungerford to visit the Castle - after the castle visit we did some walking by the river and eventually ended up at Farleigh Hungerford River Swimming Club - we joined the club & had a swim.
Other shots are at Claverton Weir - it's our closest river swimming spot to us in Bristol (It's just outside of Bath) before going there we checked out the river at Freshford for possible swims at a later date - it was a bit too deep though & access more of a problem.
Farleigh Castle - the highlight of the Castle for me was the Chapel and the Crypt, very interesting and amazingly well preserved. The gardens surrounding the Chapel were also lovely and very well labled as to which plant was which. There's also an amazing tea rooms nr to the Castle at the local farm/campsite -they make their own cream and scones and do afternoon tea from 3-6pm -sadly we didn't have time to stop. If you do visit don't bother with the pub as we were not impressed with the overpriced worse than weatherspoons food.
Pretty gardens
Chapel
they need to use this place in Doctor Who..
Crypt
Wild flowers & daisies
Farleigh River Swimming Club - River Frome
River Avon @ Freshford
Heron catching fish - the river was litrally teaming with fish when you looked into the water so it was no suprise the heron had chosen this spot for its dinner
River Avon - Warleigh Weir (Claverton) usually this place is busy but we went on a Thursday daytime so it was devoid of the usual picnicers & familes
Looking down stream
Choo choo - wave to the passengers!
The Damselfly - actually quite hard to photograph!