Summer holidays

As a first-time blogger, it's difficult to know where to start.  So, taking inspiration from my schooldays and pretending that this is the obligatory "what I did during the summer holidays" essay, here are a few pictures from places I visited during the summer ...

Stag beetle & woodpile sculpture at Arundel Wetland Centre

Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire

Root-like shrubs at West Dean, West Sussex

Scaffolding effect on Derby's football ground (as seen through window) - note the dull landscaping and lonely souls wearing Domino's sandwich boards and count your blessings