26 April 2011

Petersfield and Irises - Heath Pond 40 years on

Following my sat nav from the south coast to my fathers home I got a sense of Deja Vu...


I've been here before...


On checking the map - yes I have - Heath Pond, Petersfield



and this is where more than 40 years ago I manned a checkpoint on one of my father's treasure-hunt-rallies.

The clue, when solved, was for the competitor to locate an iris and bring it, with other 'treasure' to the finish of the race.

My task was to hint heavily to anyone raiding the yellow flag iris lining the pool margins that there was another, more convenient and ecologically sound means of presenting "An Iris" to the marshal.


I have not been back to Petersfield since we moved to Chester in 1970

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