For example this toilet made a nice planter for bedding plants in a garden in Lower Caversham (see below).
Or this old hoof pick (below) we found in a park in Whiteley, maybe there were stables located here in former times?
The tortoise in the picture below was hidden in the grass in one of the gardens we sampled and we nearly stepped on it (good that they have such a hard shell). When we picked the tortoise up it was not bothered at all and continued eating its dandelion leaf on Sam`s hand.
On an allotment site in Tilehurst we were in for a surprise when we found this giant pumpkin (picture below) with a diameter of about 40 cm (16 inch) hidden under huge leaves.
The poor discarded barbie doll in the picture below was given a new life by us as flower barbie at least for a short while. We don`t know what has become of her after we left her sitting on the post.
It was quite funny to find a stone hippopotamus swimming through a sea of slate in a garden in Caversham (see picture below).
Your hoof pick is a Navy Clasp knife. Model AP301 made between 1910 and 1940ish. The spike is a marline spike for knotted ropes/splicing ropes. These were commonly available from army surplus shops in the 70 and 80s for a pound and would have made a good knife for taking 'down the woods' etc. Getting rarer now. Give it a clean.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this information. That is interesting to know. So no hoof pick ;-).
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