My father wanted to migrate to Australia before WW2 but my mother didn’t want to leave her family. When we went to catch the boat train from London to Southampton, mum stopped us at the station and said, if any of you don’t want to go to Australia then tell me now and we will go home again. The railway official on the gate said, Gee Mrs, you’ve left it a bit late. My father took the view that we were not leaving home, we were going home.
I love this time of the year CD - beautiful during the day but not too hot to sleep at night. We have some lovely gardens close to us, too. They are the E. G. Waterhouse Camellia Gardens in honour of an expert in Camellias. There are hundreds of different camellias, azalias, rhododendrons, Wisterias as well as many other bedding plants. A colony of bats have made their home there as well as ibis, parrots and ducks. With lots of children’s play equipment, barbecues and picnic tables together with a Teahouse it is a lovely spot throughout the year.
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