Tonights episode was quite good, not as great as last week, but in “Utopia” we see the return of The Master.

Thoroughly enjoyable, even if it was a Russell T Davies episode.

I saw a post on Aidan’s Wessex Wildlife page that showed Lesser butterfly Orchids in flower at Holmsley.  I emailed Aidan, and got a response late last night, so I decided to go out and search for them today.

We found them easily enough (well its easy when you’ve been told exactly where they are), and there are a good number making an impressive show.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen the lesser butterflies, and after the failed search at Fletchwood Meadows, it was nice to see them.  We also found the Southern Marsh Orchids which are about 100m further down the track, but they were past their best, and going to seed.

Anyway, here are a couple of the shots I managed to get.

 

Not a good night last night.  After a conversation with Alice, I walked home, and found myself crying most of the way.  I’ve got a knot in my stomach the size of a fist, and I only managed about 2 hours sleep.

So bad that I was rather ill as soon as I got up, and not feeling up to much.

I hope tat we manage to sort ourselves out, as I really can’t imagine my life without Alice.