A show of flowers on Barnes Riverside, looking upriver to Barnes Railway Bridge. Valerian seems to have escaped from someone’s garden, the three colours of red, white, and pink harmonising beautifully with the river scene.The spacious Leg of Mutton Nature Reserve, once a reservoir, and mercifully saved from development. The platforms in the lake are for breeding birds.
Dark Mullein, one of the rather special flowers in the Leg of Mutton Nature Reserve
The English seem unemotional … except for their passion for nature
