An Early Morning Surprise

This is not what one would expect to see at 9am on a Sunday morning, but there was actually a game of croquet taking place at the end of the policies. I couldn’t help feeling that Alice in Wonderland might make an entrance or the mad hatter.It all looked very peaceful and very unreal but I still wonder why they decided to play so early in the day

Later on, much later on, we stopped in our stravaiging round the Meadows to watch a game of cricket taking place. The cricketers were impeccably dressed in whiter than white whites.
Despite the 7° chill from the north wind, it seems that spring has been adopted. The cherry blossom on the trees lining the paths is slightly reluctant to follow suit but we expect it will, any day, and you know for sure that I will blip it!