We had an adventure!!!

Today Andrea said we were having an Unexpected Adventure!!!

I haven't have one of those for MONTHS!!

Wonder where we're going though - don't usually come this way.....

We got on a number 5A bus and Andrea remembered to wear her mask.

And we got off here.  We've got to walk to where that Bloo Bus is going.

That's a Co-op supermarket over the road.  Andrea says it used to be a pub - her and her Mum used to have drinkies in there after spending time at a place called Allotment.

What's Allotment?

We're going down here now - got to go through those gates.

And then down this way.....

And over that bramble bush is Allotment that Andrea's parents have.  Well, they've had it for about 25 years now, and paid the rent on it for this year but because of lockdown haven't been able to get up to grow stuff.  So because Andrea's got the week off, we got the keys so we can come and check it over.

Except I've never been here before because Andrea's too busy working or too knackered at weekends!

That's the Allotment!

It's a big field...... they used to grow tons of stuff here!

It's very overgrown now though - but we found pretty purple flowers!

And more pretty purple flowers!

And some heather!  Andrea says that's the first thing she planted when we got the Allotment all those years ago!

That looks like an old sunflower....

And an overgrown artichoke?

Up the other end of Allotment were some rosebushes - Andrea says those were the second things she planted!  And this one has buds on it just about to come out!

Some rose hips on the other bushes!

Oh, there's a frog pond there!!

That's Andrea's Mum's Little Shed.  It took us a while to figure out which keys worked the lock but we worked it out in the end!  There's lots of spiders in there though. 

Big ones.

Size of dinner plates.

That's the wheelbarrow.  We rescued that from the overgrown brambles when we first got Allotment 25 years ago!!

That's the Big Shed that we got to replace the falling down pile of wood shed that was originally here 25 years ago.  There's lots of rat poo in there.  Bit whiffy.

Didn't stay in there long.

And that's the pear tree - with flowers on top!

We chose Allotment because of this pear tree. 

It's all old and gnarly just like a Van Gogh painting!!

This is a bayleaf bush tree next to the Big Shed!

And there's a Holly Bush next to the pear tree!

The one on the right is the Magnolia tree.  That was the third thing Andrea planted 25 years ago.  She's not sure she's seen it flower though......

That little tree in the middle there ...... we did a bit of pruning on that because the branches on it were getting mixed up with the magnolia tree branches.

This is a rosemary bush tree (next to Basil by the Big Shed).  We pruned this a bit as well!

We did quite a bit of pruning.  Cut back some brambles too.

It's been fun coming here - hard work though!

This is a Bramley Apple tree.  Andrea had to look for apples to take home to Mum but there weren't any.

Somebody else might've pinched them though....!

Gosh, there's a lot of work to do here.... Andrea's mum & dad don't think they'll have the energy to start all over again, when Covid's gone.  It's a big Allotment with a ton of weeding to do.

But it's been fun to look around the place and tidy up a few bits....

We cut some of the roses to take home but left this one.....

And then locked up the sheds, got our stuff and said hello and goodbye to Stanley the burner.

Goodbye Allotment.  It was fun to meet you just the once to see what Allotment is!

I hope the Magnolia tree is happy there, even if we didn't see it flower.

Bye

And then it was back the way we came, through the gates....

And back to the main road to get the bus home.

Here we go.....

And we got off here and then a short walk home!

And put the flowers in water straight away - well, we washed paws first, of course!