Saw this in a garden centre in Kew. It was over a grand for this ageing piece of unprepossessing junk. And the metal recliner chair was extra.

Car in the car park by the shops on the Beaver Estate. There isn't a sticker in the back window saying 'I've been to Lovely Hounslow' but there should be.

As part of my occasional 'Lovely Hounslow' series, I offer the latest view of The Beaver pub, now sadly boarded up and unlikely to be the target of a Gordon Ramsey gastro-pub takeover any time soon.

Apples in the porch of St Mary's, Ashley.

Figure on the wall inside St Mary's, Ashley.

A grinning Mark in St Mary's in Ashley. And, no, I'm afraid that's not mistletoe, ladies.

Harvest festival offerings at St Mary's in Ashley.

The outisde of St Mary's church in Ashley.

This is the fabulous church of St Mary in Ashley near Winchester. Chris and Mark and I cycled out there on Sunday in the rare late sunshine. It's 11th century and is preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust .