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    The Long Way Round

    Ben drove up from Somerset on Friday to take visit and take a break from his law studies. On Saturday we went for a walk though the Winkworth Arboretum just above my parent’s house which was looking amazing since the Bluebells had just come out to compliment all the other spring flowers. We then decided to walk on to the White Horse in Hascombe, passing Chris Evan’s house, but managed to get it completely wrong walking a mile or so out of our way. We managed to do a fantastic recovery in the end though by cutting back cross-country over the Hascombe Hills to descend victorious at the pub for a well deserved pint of Adnams Bitter.

    Bluebells carpeting a woodland slope under oak trees

    Ben in a flat cap sits on a wooden bench among bluebells, holding a red, yellow and blue umbrella

    Bluebells and white wild garlic flowers beneath treesClose-up of a white camellia streaked with pink

    Ben in a flat cap poses beside a red camellia bush, an umbrella at the edge of the frameBright red and pink rhododendrons in flower

    Ben under a striped umbrella on a path beside red and pink rhododendronsFir trees above a slope of bluebells, with hills in the distanceClose-up of a pink camellia flower

    Pale lilac azalea flowersClose-up of a bush covered in red azalea flowersA magnolia tree in pink flower beside a path

    Pink magnolia buds and flowers on bare branchesYellow gorse in flowerA tree in white blossom beside a tall pine, bluebells beneath

    Ben with an umbrella on a path between large red rhododendron bushes

    Ben under an umbrella sits on a bench looking out over the arboretum treetops to the hills

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