An
occasional sight in Radley is a steam train in transit
to or from the Railway Centre at Didcot. This one is
a GWR railtour drawn by 4-6-0 Castle class locomotive
No 5043, "Earl of Mount Edgcumbe" seen here
passing through Radley on 29 March 2009 on its way to
Didcot.
Just
a glimpse of the spectacular spring display of bluebells
in Radley Large Wood.
July
2009
Quite
Exhausted.
This
year's Radley Gardens Competition coincided with the
end of Wimbledon fortnight. Some epic tennis matches
and the recent very hot and humid weather evidently
took their toll on players and gardeners alike!
October
2009
Red
Sky at Night, Shepherd's Delight.
The
weather of Wimbledon fortnight was not, as it turned
out, a foretaste of things to come. In the midst of
a disappointing summer this spectacular sunset (photographed
in mid July) was indeed foretelling better weather to
come, ...only we were going to have to be patient.
While
not exactly the "barbeque summer" that was promised,
Radley did enjoy two months of largely dry and sunny
weather starting at the end of August, just in time
for the harvest, lasting throughout September and October,
providing a welcome spell of comfortably enjoyable weather.
November
2009
Autumn
Blaze
The
cherry trees in Church Road on 01 November 2009.
Change
of month, change of weather: Autumn has arrived.
December
2009
Misty
Dawn at Thrupp Lake
Thrupp
Lake has been in the news again recently with RWE npower
and Northmoor Trust having entered into formal agreement
and a public consultation on its future currently underway.
