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Upper Slaughter

Whilst Lower Slaughter on the banks of the River Eye is perhaps more well known and photogenic its neighbour the village of Upper Slaughter about one mile up the road also has some photogenic buildings and things to see. Here is a brief gallery of 6 images taken on my recent walk there.

I parked my car in Lower Slaughter before that day’s tourists arrived so needless to say also took some photographs of this village too. Having left the car there I undertook about an 8 mile walk.

Cotswold Lavender

At this time of year, July/August, the lavender fields at Cotswold Lavender are in flower. They make a spectacular sight, who needs to go to Provence to see lavender in all its glory?

In addition to the lavender the company have also set aside an area for wildflowers to grow. They are just as photogenic as the lavender! The fields attract a lot of visitors who, armed with selfie sticks, sit down among the rows and photograph themselves. A lot of the women wear sun hats and summer dresses to contrast with the purple of the lavender. Picking and processing starts in August.

A link to the website can be found here:- https://www.cotswoldlavender.co.uk

Garden Work

We have had a busy two days. Last week we had a delivery of bedding plants from Yarnton Garden Centre. They have now reopened and I went down on Sunday to buy more bedding plants. We have now potted them all up and these photos show some of our efforts. There are still more plants to come that we ordered online so we are not quite finished yet. Hopefully they will be with us in the next week or so. Then we can enjoy the garden save for grass cutting and the weeding which seems to be never ending at this time of year.

This post makes a change from the doom and gloom of our “lock down” experiences!