Carpet revisited

I have now been back to the seasonal carpet noticed at reference 1, and tied it back to gmaps and Street View. Plus, the remaining magnolia flowers, just about visible above, were looking very well in the pale, late morning light.

Along the way, Street View turned up an alley running along between Middle Lane and East Street which I had not noticed before, the entrance being well shielded by trees and bushes in Street View. In the snap above, the left hand spot marks the magnolia, the right hand spot the alley. Something else to be inspected, maybe walked.

The Screwfix whitebeam well in leaf now. Does it get its name from its white appearance at this time of year, just before it flowers?

Only a few days now.

On the second circuit of the day, some old-style pebbledash from the passage through from town to Court Recreation Ground. I associate to the white painted pebbledash of my father's oldest sister's bungalow in the Thorpe (a name which, as I recall, is of Saxon origin) in Hemingford Grey. A pebbledash which, for some reason used to fascinate me as a child. I wonder now whether the painting helped with the bonding of the pebbles to the mortar behind?

PS: a stray image, from two days previously. Either the two days - or the light - has made a lot of difference. Must attend to the ivy, now growing back.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv6.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-seasonal-carpet.html.

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