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Main Road, SALISBURY, SP4 6EF

This little postbox is emptied finally at 4:15pm on weekdays (although it's almost 5 and the Tuesday collection does not appear to have been made yet) and at 10am on Saturdays. Alongside it is a pointless set of steps which leads to a barbed wire fence.

The hop was growing in Britain long before it was taken into cultivation in the early 16th century for flavouring beer. Originally, it was probably a native of wet woods in the south of England. In spring the plant sends up several thin, twining stems which grow rapidly and have a rough surface, as do the leaves. There are male and female plants, and it is the female flowers which develop into the green-yellow cones covered in resinous glands which are used for brewing. For a wider view http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2061891

The hop was growing in Britain long before it was taken into cultivation in the early 16th century for flavouring beer. Originally, it was probably a native of wet woods in the south of England. In spring the plant sends up several thin, twining stems which grow rapidly and have a rough surface, as do the leaves. There are male and female plants, and it is the female flowers which develop into the green-yellow cones covered in resinous glands which are used for brewing.

Tree still leafless on a sunny afternoon in late March cast shadows over Gomeldon Road. A Bristol VR bus in Damory livery is heading for Tidworth on the farewell day for these buses with Wilts and Dorset.