Yet another newbie

Hi all, joined today, main gardening interest roses. Retired & living in Poole, Dorset. Other interests - preserved and model Railways, photography, and drowning worms (some people call it fishing).
Cheers MIKE

 

Hi Mike, welcome to GC. What a lovely part of the country, I can't wait to see some of your pics :D

 

Hi Dorsetmike and welcome to GC.

If roses are your thing, we have Liz and Fran on hand who, to me, are the two "specialists", but there are others who also know their roses!

We have two photography competitions every month which may interest you.

We have a young lad, Boygardener, who is madly in love with railways and as for worms ... :eek:

Enjoy the forum and glad you joined.

 

Hi Diz and LOL, thanks for the welcome, I have loads of pics, but all hosted on sites other than Photobucket.
As a sample you could look at
http://www.mike-boydon.fotopic.net/c397295.html
taken at the National old rose collection gardens at Mottisfont abbey, near Romsey in Hampshire. (click on the thumbnails for larger pix)
We go every year, only really worth going in June though being all the old varieties.
With the recent warm weather maybe late May will bi good too. I already have Complicata and Maidens Blush in bud, and some more modern ones have been out since mid april!
Cheers MIKE

 

Hi Mike and welcome. Lovely pictures - thanks for sharing. I guess, like me, you are a rose fan and grower :D .

 

Welcome to G C Dorsetmike nice pictures.

 

Hi Dorsetmike and a warm welcome from me too. Lovely roses.

 

Hi Dorsetmike and welcome to you.

 

Hi Dorsetmike..I see you are interested in restored railways.Have you visited The GWR at Toddington in Gloucestershire? They are rebuilding the line from Honeybourne to Cheltenham race course. It's a fantastic route and I hope I'll see it completed! :D

 

Hi Dorsetmike, someone else from the South Coast!
I live in Lymington

 

Oh, cajary, we always went to the IoW (where we lived) via Lymington!

 

Hi neighbour, welcome to GC.

 

Hi Dorsetmike,you sound like a very active retiree to me

 

Dorsetmike, hello and welcome from bonny Scotland we look forward to hearing from you! :D

 

Thanks for all the welcomes;
@ Pip, shall we say active when it suits me?
@ Pal, I tend to prefer Ex Southern railway lines as that's what I grew up with, like train spotting from my school desk, we looked out over the sports field to the Bournemouth > Weymouth main line, latter half of the 1940s.
Cheers MIKE