13-May-2023
We enjoy our little trips to Ripley, which are relatively frequent because we have rellies there.
Today was a bit irritating weather-wise. One of those days that goes: Cold, cold, cold, cold, HOT! So you're caught out wearing all the wrong clothes... That's a bit the way of the weather generally at the moment. Unreliable. Changeable. I hate to complain about the brightening days, but I actually don't want things to get much warmer... We have lots of warm at home, after all, so cooler makes a change. Also, here, I just don't have the clothes for warm.
Anyway, Ripley was looking awesome in its summer gear:
Still a teentsy bit chilly and overcast at this point
But then the sunny blue arrives
The market was winding down by the time we got there
Compare the Crossley Park horse chestnuts as photographed here -- just three weeks ago -- with the way they look now