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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Planters in the Spring

Christine and Jane (not to forget Ed) have done us proud in transforming a building site into a hotel garden. It's been a big task with major areas to be re-turfed, the debris of ages cleared, new beds installed, and the rawness of the site transformed into the pleasant place that you'll want to stay when you're in Melksham.


Ongoing garden works by Nigel, keeping the place in trim especially in the current grass-growing season - and we have a LOT of grass.

The planters to the left and right of the front door struck me as beautiful in the halflight of dawn this morning, and I couldn't resist adding in the pictures. Quite an interesting technical challenge - to use natural light, flash, or a mixture? Which of the hundreds of settings on the digital camera to use? Both of my experiments look effective in their own way - but then I've got some of the beauties of spring to work with right on my doorstep, so it really wasn't that hard even for an amateur photographer like myself.


Technical note The UPPER picture was taken with flash, just after dawn when there was also low natural light available to provide the skylight to the read and, in effect, the silhouettes of the trees. The LOWER picture was taken earlier. Flash was NOT used, but the camera was set to make best use of available light, and the light from our entrance porch was illuminating the flowers.
(written 2007-04-10, updated 2008-12-26)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
M161 - Gardens at Well House Manor
  [707] A story of goldfish - (2006-05-02)
  [1196] The last tree to leaf - (2007-05-20)
  [1683] Plenty of car parking at Well House Manor, Hotel, Melksham - (2008-06-20)
  [1786] Picturing the rain - (2008-09-05)
  [3296] Dog, hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire? - (2011-05-21)
  [3314] Garden Seating, Well House Manor - (2011-06-02)
  [3708] Strawberry Cream Teas in Melksham - available every day this summer - (2012-04-25)
  [3814] Returning guests - a sign of a good product. Cream teas and hotel rooms. - (2012-07-22)
  [3836] In the garden at Well House Manor - (2012-08-12)
  [3842] Relax at Well House Manor - gardens, fountain, hotel - (2012-08-19)
  [3855] Mad week done - so come for Croquet - (2012-09-08)
  [3856] Edwardian day with Croquet - Well House Manor, 8th September 2012 - Pictures - (2012-09-08)
  [3883] Apple Pressing Day 2012 - (2012-10-07)
  [3980] Well House Manor in the snow - (2013-01-18)
  [4030] What is on OUR pond? - (2013-03-05)
  [4083] Spring at Well House Manor - Teas and Coffees, Museum, Garden, Rooms - (2013-05-11)
  [4139] Out of doors (mostly) at Well House in Melksham - (2013-07-12)
  [4155] Wedding Reception preps at Well House Manor - (2013-08-21)
  [4162] Pimms and Croquet at Well House Manor - 7th September 2013 - (2013-08-28)
  [4166] Pimms and Croquet - Melksham Festival of Food and Drink - (2013-09-07)
  [4666] Spring at Well House Manor - (2016-03-27)


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