Adonis Blue

To Uxbridge this morning to get something fixed on the car. A big chunk out of the day and what to do in Uxbridge? I googled just that and came up with the Battle of Britain control bunker which just happened to be open. I phoned them and they said I could join the tour. Fascinating to be in the room used to marshall the battle. The original table was laid out as it was when the first waves of bombers approached the coast on September 15 1940.

The day was getting on and Pippa needed a walk so I drove over to Dorking and Denbies Hillside. In the late afternoon sunshine I found this Adonis Blue, minty fresh and basking in the low sun. This is another first for me. The brilliance of the blue actually stopped me in my tracks. Some butterfly.