Yesterday was our annual trip to the Chelsea Flower Show. Unfortunately the weather wasn't as good as our previous 2 visits, although there were more dry times than wet ones I think. The gardens were all lovely and most seemed to be very relaxing and tranquil but none stood out as being as outstanding as in previous years, but maybe the weather affected that too. In my opinion it would be hard to EVER beat Julian Dowle's From Darkness to Light garden for the Salvation Army from 2004. My poor Fuji S5600 came a cropper with the monsoon conditions and about 3/4 of the way through the day decided it no longer wanted to play - mind you I had taken about 250 pictures by that point!
As usual though, there will be some great moments to remember, such as Lynne and I perched on a picnic bench under an umbrella in the pouring rain sharing a jug of Pimms, the excitement of seeing Alan Titchmarsh up close (yep I really AM that sad!), the smells of the fabulous flower displays in the great marquee, the wonderful water features and the lovely luminescent mushroom ornaments that Lynne bought for her garden.
A wonderful day, but a very tiring one - I was in bed before 10.30pm!
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