Surrey A-Z Facts and Events

What a glorious day it was on Saturday. I played golf on Epsom Downs as usual and as we approached the top of the Downs where the golf course comes
right up opposite the Grandstand of the Epsom Derby Racecourse, what a view opened up!!
From several holes in the middle of the course up there, you normally get a 180deg panoramic view of London, but it can be a bit hazy. Last Saturday was just SO clear! We could see right across to the hills north of London, Hampstead Heath I suppose, which formed a sharp horizon and backdrop. And in between, the whole of the Metropolis was laid out, from Heathrow Airport in the west to Canary Wharf and beyond in the east.
We could see the planes coming in to land, one after another, at Heathrow, the Wembley Arch, the London Eye, the sun glinting off the many facets of the Gherkin building in the City and many other well known landmarks.
What a wonderful sight. And such a joy to play golf in such surroundings.
No wonder people drive up and park in the public car park opposite the Grandstand just to take in that magnificent view. I could sit there for hours!

Would Wordsworth turn in his grave? I was driving north on the A3 towards London on Saturday 12th January and turned off at the Esher junction. On part of the roundabout underneath the A3 main road I was amazed to see a very large clump of daffodils growing wild. They were in full bloom and were the first I'd seen this year. We're not two weeks into January for goodness sake!!
"...a host of golden daffodils ..." as Wordsworth said, but I bet he wasn't talking just after Christmas.
I raised what I thought was a record breaking find at lunch today only to be told that a friend of a friend had daffodils come up in her garden last December. There was I thinking I had discovered something remarkable, only to have my delusions shattered. There's always some SMART ALEC isn't there!! Can anyone go one better??