Des Res for insects

Living wall waterfall

Women's Olympic Cycle Race is today, also in Surrey

Men's Olympic Cycling Race 2012 is today in Surrey

Peony

Tea on a stick

A little light reading in the garden

In a Russian Garden - by The Russian Museum

By the chiminea

Cool plumes

Flames in the Marquee

Firey Planting

Today the Olympic Torch visits Guildford

Fox & Co's horse drawn pantechnicon from 1890 resplendent in yellow and red paint, waiting to be hitched up to two magnificent shire horses for the parade.

And here they are - 

Waiting for the parade

The Chief

The mascot on the bonnet of Specialised Movers vintage van, 1938 Guy Vixen - ELM 157.

Specialised Movers

Yorkie

1957 Ford Thames Fordson E83W

This is one of the vintage pantechnicons on display at this year's Surrey County Show. It belongs to Specialised Movers who are based in Sheffield - a birthday present to the firm's owner from his wife!


Specialised Movers

And meerkat friends

Merely a meerkat

Small, medium and large

The sheep with the crumpled horn - 

 with apologies to 'The House that Jack Built'

This is the farmer sowing his corn

That kept the cock that crowed in the morn

That woke the priest all shaven and shorn

That married the man all tattered and torn

That kissed the maiden all forlorn

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn

That tossed the dog that worried the cat

That killed the rat that ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.