The last section of the Oval Path refurbishment, albeit short, has been the most difficult of those curving round both the Oval Bed and the corner it shares with the Weeping Birch Bed.
The uneven bricks were deeply embedded with the usual weeds peering between them; some crumbled so as to need replacement; the recent dry spell meant that the soil bore the consistency of concrete; wide gaps opened between them, requiring the solution of filling the crevices with cobbles and kiln dried paving sand.
While the Head Gardener was thus occupied, the recent storm having necessitated a great deal of dead-heading, I carried out two lengthy sessions of that procedure, with weeding along the way, and afterwards rambled round with my camera. Each of the above images bears its title in the gallery.
This evening we dined at Britannia Thai in Milford on Sea. The service was as efficient and friendly as always. We both enjoyed starters: Jackie’s tempura vegetables and mine vegetable spring rolls; our mains were respectively tamarind duck and noodles; and jungle curry (duck) with special fried rice. We both drank Singha beer.