Heaven scent!

Walking up the garden today and caught a waft of beautiful fragrance. This climbing rose, which is a common one though unfortunately the name has totally left me, has a number of buds opening, despite being 9th November!

As it was a such a beautiful morning I forced myself out today to cut some of the flower meadow long grass at the front of our house with a reciprocating mower, while Sheila raked up. It's unfortunate that this weekend 'Find My Past' is offering free family history searches and I half hoped it would be raining heavily to ease the guilt of staying indoors in front of the computer. I had a few hours at it last night and think I have found my 6x great-grandfather, born in Berkshire in 1739. Now to prove it!