On my trike!

Lovely blog, nice to see where you live and I am glad you are making yourself go out. The war grave looks very well cared for, such a sad end for a brave man good to remember him. Lovely looking plants enjoy planting them.

Thanks Gee that was a lovely blog, nice to see the war grave still so well kept, no harm in collecting a few seeds, lovely countryside and good looking neighbours too, I like the one on the left is her name Dolly by any chance :o)))

Lovely Gee! That DOES look like the peace rose!

A lovely day out. Glad you enjoyed it.

It looks a smashing day and I dont blame you for having a detour in such a lovely area, your trike does look well laden, pleased you got yourself and plants home without any mishaps and mostly that you enjoyed the ride and obviously got your confidence back..........

Lovely :o) I enjoyed reading that. I like your trike . I could do with one of those... lol.
You live in a pretty place. I liked the view with the church and it all looks so peaceful around there with you. Very nice.

You can't keep them hells angels from tearing round can you, well done on your ride , it blows the cobwebs away doesnt it.
A lovely blog Gee and a great introduction to "round your way", I like the shot of the tree too, I'd probably have taken one of it too!
Keep on tearing around, I can sell you a good second hand leather jacket which will help protect you if you have a chuck it down the road moment, (cheap), choose from White gorrila shaking its fist , the "bird",or One life , ride it!

Gee I was more than a bit worried when you set off down by the river and quite relieved when you decided to walk , There's nobody around to help you if you should topple over or worse in !
What a nice area to live in and near to a garden centre :o)
I suspect you are busy today deciding where to place them in your garden , you have bought a good selection , your trike is ideal it made me wonder why all these school kids don't have one to carry all those heavy books and it would stop all the cars doing the school runs .........

Lovely blog it is so nice to see where other people live.I liked the river views and the swans.Your trike seems a good way to get around.

What a super blog Gee, you are braver than me riding that tricycle! Can anyone put a name to the blue flower, we acquired a ripe seed pod today and I 'think' it is an abutilon but no idea which.

Aha...I was just going to ask that question Moon Grower. I too thought it looked like an abutilon perhaps A,vitifolium? , a shrubby one. We saw some at Cragside when we were there last week. The leaves are a nice shape too.

Such a familiar area, Gee - it made me quite nostalgic for Kent! Mind you, not the M2/M20!!!

Lovely photos - thanks. Where's your Wyevale? I don't remember one in your area??

glad you had a nice ride out.........id like to bike ride but my poor old knees dont like it..lol

Thank you, Indypendant, for the offer of the jacket. I would probably choose 'One life, ride it' but think my family would disown me so I will pass on that, thanks :)

Please don't worry, Amy, I bounce quite well! When my daughter was with me and I fell into a ditch (dry) she couldn't help for laughing anyway!!

Spritz, I don't think I would dare go near the M2/M20 on my trike! The garden centre is about half a mile outside the village, right next to the Royal Military Canal.

Thanks, Moon grower and Amblealice, for the name of the plant. It is very attractive. I probably have enough seeds to share if anyone wants some (and I could also go back for more!)

Thanks, everyone, for your very kind comments. Glad you liked it :)

Lovely blog I like the basket on the back of your bike

Thanks for taking us with you, that rose looks like my standard rose and thats called peace, love your bike you'd get good exercise using it.

Thanks, Donnah and Clarice. I hoped the rose was Peace, Clarice, as it seemed so appropriate somehow. Must admit my shoulders and legs are aching a bit today :)

How far did you ride, Gee??

Not very far at all, Spritz! It is probably just over a mile down to Johnson's Corner plus a bit extra for my detour along each side of the Canal. The longest ride has been 29 miles but I don't think I will repeating that :)

My goodness! I don't think I could do that! I should think that you're stiff because you're out of practice. I'm sure it must be good exercise. :-)

lovely blog and thank you for taking us. I would have got lost on my own LOL seriously it looks idylic down your way. So pleased you had a nice ride out and came home with such a lot of lovely plants and "borrowed" seeds. Love Sue x

Lovely blog gee I really enjoyed that ride on your trike.You have certainly got some beautiful country side around you.

What an absolutely brilliant way to get about an what can only be described as a beautiful ride.

The pics are ace and it certainly looks worth a visit. You're very lucky to have such a nice place to visit Gee.

Thanks for the journey, thoroughly enjoyed it! :0)

I'm glad now Gee that I read again , the blog by Ajay with all the contraversial(let's say)( comments) because your comment prompted me to come and look at your blogs and I've seen that I've missed some real crackers. But I'm still baffledf by the comment! (Never mind, I won't be nosey in future)

Thanks, Paul. Not sure which comment has baffled you though :)

Dolls House!