On this much cooler, overcast, morning we visited our GP Surgery for a change of dressing on my injured hand to find that it was now well enough healed to leave it open to the air.
We continued on a drive, first along Saltgrass Lane where
swans and other shore fowl feed in the shallows at low tide
which left white weed striating the rocks.
On 29th January “rules for all types of road users [were] updated to improve the safety of people walking, cycling, and riding horses.” For anyone wishing to learn more these are detailed in https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-highway-code-8-changes-you-need-to-know-from-29-january-2022
On many of of our local lanes the required space is very difficult to provide. On New Lane, Keyhaven it is quite impossible. We waved as we passed this courteous couple who dismounted and heaved their steeds onto the verge of this narrow passageway.
At East End it was Jackie who took us off the road into a Farm entrance driveway for me to photograph the ubiquitous cow parsley which, in my view, looks much prettier in its natural habitat than in our garden.
White and pink dog roses;
early bramble blossom;
plentiful valerian grew out of St Leonard’s medieval barn walls with accompanying earthbound elderflower bushes, are all at their peak.
Jackie photographed some honeysuckle or wild woodbine.
Some verges along St Leonard’s Road are high, ancient, banks.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s authentic chicken jalfrezi and mushroom and onion rice coloured with turmeric.