New crop

This morning saw the first campaign in this year's blackberry harvest, just one or two days after we ate the last of last year's, in the form of stewed apple and blackberry.

A campaign in two parts. Part one, just before the turning into Horton Lane from Christchurch Road, just by the new telephone mast. Part two, just before the roundabout on Horton Lane from which one can turn into West Park Road, say bing reference 51.338436, -0.292337. Maybe six pounds of fruit altogether, now in fridge awaiting BH freezer action.

There were plenty of ripe berries about, probably a little earlier than last year, but a bit plumped up and soft after the recent rain, although dry to touch this morning. And complete with a small amount of livestock, some of it of the thin wriggly variety. Hopefully it will all freeze OK.

Snap taken during part two, looking north.

PS: a bonus being the discovery than latitude and longitude are accessible on bing maps in just the way that they are on gmaps. Not more than 30 seconds to get the hand of the small changes involved. And furthermore, if you put the bing coordinates into gmaps, you get taken back to the very same place. Wonders never cease.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/hedgerow-fruit.html.