Will and four of his friends set off to do their 8 mile hike for scouts - with lots of careful map-reading, a few phone calls and even the use of a compass, they made it round with only a few minor detours. Meanwhile Ed and I walked the dogs. We walked beside a dyke on the edge of the fens where these beautiful reeds and bulrushes were growing. When I uploaded this picture from the camera it suddenly reminded me of the pattern on the crockery that Grandma used to have. I looked it up and it's called Riverside - it features a bulrush, a dandelion and some leaves and the green is very like the shade in the picture; very 1950s, very retro!
