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Who is this young lady, in the valley above Lynmouth?

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A spectacular plant whose early leaves can be mistaken for wild garlic. Two questions, what is the name of the plant and how long is it before the pain goes away if you chew a piece. NB. DON'T TRY IT!!

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  Quiz no 14 answers

The first photo is of the magnificent building which used to be the Chichester Old Blue Coat school in West Street later to became the Army & Navy store, now closed.

The Dragon/sea horse is a familiar sight for walkers in Itchenor. It's on the shore and the battering by wind, sand and sea have moulded this extraordinary shape.

A poem from Pam Ayres 

I'm normally a social girl, I love to meet my mates

But lately with the virus here, we can't go out the gates.

You see, we are the 'oldies' now, we need to stay inside

If they haven't seen us for a while,they'll think we've upped and died.

They'll never know the things we did, before we got this old

There wasn't any Facebook, so not everything was told.

We may seem sweet old ladies, who would never be uncouth

But we grew up in the 60s - if you only knew the truth!

There was sex and drugs and rock 'n roll, the pill and miniskirts

We smoked, we drank, we partied, and were quite outrageous flirts.

Then we settled down, got married, and turned into someone's mum,

Somebody's wife, then nana, who on earth did we become?

We didn't mind the change of pace, because our lives were full

But to bury us before we're dead, is like a red rag to a bull!

So here you find me stuck inside, for 4 weeks, maybe more

I finally found myself again, then I had to close the door!

It didnt really bother me, I'd while away the hour

I'd bake for all the family, but I've got no flaming flour!

Now Netflix is just wonderful, I like a gutsy thriller

I'm swooning over Idris, or some random sexy killer.

At least I've got a stash of booze, for when I'm being idle

There's wine and whiskey, even gin, if I'm feeling suicidal!

So let's all drink to lockdown, to recovery and health

And hope this awful virus, doesn't decimate our wealth.

We'll all get through the crisis, and be back to join our mates

Just hoping I'm not far too wide, to fit through the flaming gates!

While riding my Harley along the A272, I swerved to avoid hitting a deer, lost control and landed in a ditch, severely banging my head. Dazed and confused I crawled out of the ditch to the edge of the road when a shiny new convertible pulled up with a very beautiful woman who asked, "Are you okay? 

"I'm okay I think," I replied as I pulled myself up to the side of the car to get a closer look. She said, "Get in and I'll take you home, so I can clean and bandage that nasty scrape on your head." "That's nice of you," I answered, "But I don't think my wife will like me doing that!"

"Oh, come now, I'm a nurse," she insisted. "I need to see if you have any more scrapes and then treat them properly." Well, she was really pretty and very persuasive. Being sort of shaken and weak, I agreed, but repeated, "I'm sure my wife won't like this." We arrived at her place which was just a few miles away and, after a couple of cold beers and the bandaging, I thanked her and said, "I feel a lot better, but I know my wife is going to be really upset so I'd better go now." Don't be silly!" she said with a smile. "Stay for a while. She won't know anything. By the way, where is she?" "My guess is that she's still in the ditch."

There's a nice building - trouble is, you may be too busy looking in the shop window to see the splendour above. Any ideas??

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To ask where is this dragon's exact position would be asking too much, but why has it got so eroded?

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                                             Quiz No 13 Answers

The House with the rainbow on it is the Railway Terrace in Bepton Road, Midhurst. 

The second rainbow photo is more difficult - it was taken some years ago and it's Maddie, covering up from the elements.

Max Boyce  Coronavirus poem HERE:-   Max Boyce