On another frosty-blue-sky morning lacking cloud cover to lift the temperature, Jackie and I made a trip to Otter Nurseries to buy her
customary annual pot of primroses to grace the kitchen table until it is warm enough to let them loose in the garden; then continued into the forest for a short drive.
Just outside Sway we noticed what seemed like a frisky altercation between two of a
group of ponies on a stretch of moorland cleared of gorse.
On second thoughts they might have been spooked by flying debris
churned out by the tractor engaged in clearing an abundant growth.
We are accustomed to seeing the effects of controlled burning on the gorse, but this is the first time we have seen a tractor used in the process.
By the time Martin’s half-day’s work was done he had most of the sleepers in place and left the area as tidy as always.
This afternoon, following the advice of SueW, I recovered pictures for the following posts:
This evening we dined at The Sir John Barleycorn pub in Cadnam. The venue warrants much more than my customary coda, and it is now too late for concentration, so I will feature the event tomorrow.