The grapes are ripening

In recent years the number of vineyards in the UK has grown considerably. It has been known for a long time that there were warmer periods of the historic past when vines were grown in (mainly) England. Now, thanks in part to global warming, they are being grown quite widely in southern England and can be found, in smaller numbers, further north, west and east. The nearest vineyard to where we live in Herefordshire is only three miles distant. Our county, with Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and south east Wales offer many more vineyards. Moreover, it isn't unusual to see grape vines growing in gardens in this part of the world. These grapes, hanging over a wall in Ross on Wye, are ripening nicely in the warm early autumn weather.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2

Car with longest production run

Which model of car has had the longest production run? Is it the Citroen 2CV? What about the VW Golf or, perhaps the VW Beetle? Or how about the Mini? Well, all of these cars were produced for decades but the car with the longest production run is, I believe, the Morgan PlusFour, a roadster still made today in the Worcestershire town of Great Malvern where it was first made in 1950. I read this information on the owners descriptive note fixed to this 2008 version of the PlusFour. If you'd like a brand new one the factory charge £64,995.00 for a manual shift model and £67,495.00 for an automatic.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2