Spring flowers

We felt it was time to go out and look for some Spring flowers, so on Good Friday we walked down to Fishbourne.  Aboo is an energetic baboon so we thought it was be good for him to burn off some of the energy he has been building up during the lockdown.

He started with swinging over the last remaining snowdrops and being careful not to get stuck to the sticky buds, on the way.

When we got the 13th century church of Holy Cross at Binstead he wanted a rest in a tree.

Then he saw the blossoms and climbed up, to have a closer look.

He also saw primroses under the tree.

Walking on through the part of Binstead that is on the footpath we came to more flowers.

Lots more primroses and both yellow and pink and some narcissus.

On the other side of the road we found bluebells.

There were also these lovely white flowers.

At Quarr Abbey he found this apple blossom on a lot of young trees.  See the abbey in the background, the monks will have been praying there, but no congregation this year because of the lockdown.

At Fishbourne we knew the Fishbourne Inn would be closed, not only because of the lockdown, but also because it was 8.30 am!  Usually we would stop for coffee there.

At the port Aboo climbed one of his favourite trees.

Then had a swing!!

It was a bit misty out to sea and we don't see much shipping at the moment, but he caught site of this ship that is a regular visitor to Southampton, transporting cars.

He thought this boat looked fun.  It might not be in a very good state of repair for taking out to sea though!

Time to be photographed with one more lot of flowers, before heading back.  He did avoid the stinging nettles!!

Thank you for reading our blog.  I hope we will all be out and about more soon, and going a bit further than walking distance from home.

Lots of love and a happy Easter from Kolo and Aboo.