A WEEK IN PICTURES

A WEEK IN PICTURES

We're back after having spent a week in Boston in the caravan.

Now, I reckon that I have friends on Gather in the four corners of the planet and maybe they don't all know what I mean by Boston, so I'll explain that Boston is a town in Lincolnshire, England from which the famous Pilgrim Fathers tried to flee our country in the seventeenth century in search of religious freedom, They were caught in the act as escaping the country was a criminal offence back then and eventually had to seek an alternative. Many places here still bear the word “Pilgrim” in their names, notably the large hospital in Boston, the Pilgrim Hospital where my wife and I spent several hours last week visiting her daughter, who was receiving chemotherapy for cancer.

But what of the rest of the “week in Boston in the caravan” bit? Is that clear enough or do different versions of the English language translate the words differently? I'm not so sure, so I'll be really explicit, which will give me an opportunity to incorporate some photos of the place.

The entrance from a minor road to the camp-site

The view across the road from the camp-site – a field of daffodils, which are grown commercially in parts of Lincolnshire.

One of the many attractive bushes and shrubs that encircle the field we park on.

Another view of the perimeter.

A third glance at the verdant décor

Our caravan as seen from the tap (not shown) which provides fresh water, and the car which tows the caravan when we need to move back home.,.

The caravan in which we sleep, eat, bathe and watch telly,

Magazine-reading Dorothy

I think wild-flowers, even daisies and dandelions, are worth a second look.

And there you have it: a graphic account of our past week. I hope it puts our absence from Gather into some sort of context!!!

© Peter Rogerson 17.04.11