A girl just has to gallop

So after a necessary trip to Sainsburys - we had absolutely no cheese in the house - we took George to Rhossilli for an anniversary walk.

It was misty when we arrived.

Last year the National Trust planted sunflowers in these ancient fields; this year it's mixed wild flowers. Not so impressive from a distance but lovely close to.

I thought I had read that they were planting lavender but this doesn't look or smell like it. You can just see Worm's Head sticking up out of the mist in the background.

Another 'don't know the name' flower.

But pretty sure this is a ox-eye daisy.

Now when you see an open expanse like this you just have to gallop, don't you? Husband and George disagreed and disowned me.

Earlier we'd seen this kestrel hovering and upsetting smaller birds who, presumably, were nesting in the flower fields.

 

They've cut down the trees since the last time we were in this cafe so there is now a view of the bay - much clearer now, you'll notice. I was dithering about which cake to have; made the wrong decision. This 'lemon' cake had a definite luminosity about it. Husband's coffee was rubbish too. Must remember not to visit this cafe again.

But at least we were able to watch bunnies hoping about in next door's garden while we ate. That is to say we're fairly sure at least some of the things we were watching were bunnies and not stones that looked like bunnies.

Our annual anniversary selfie.

We probably unknowingly saw many of the flowers listed here but, sadly, failed to spot any Swollen Thighed Flower Beetles.

Postscript

Apparently the NT did plant 2,000 lavender plants. Hm. And sunflowers will be appearing later on in the year.