Royal Leamington Spa

My first visit to Leamington, it likes changing it's name. It's been Lamintone, Leamington Priors then Royal Leamington Spa but known as Leamington Spa or just Leamington. Could get confusing, but nobody has written a song on the subject yet.

This photo is in Jephson Gardens, a park on the banks of the River Leam. Apparently it has lots of colourful floral displays, think I picked the wrong day. The gardens were created in 1831 and have won a number of prizes in recent years. There's a glasshouse here with tropical plants and a goldfish pond. Sounds warmer than where I'm standing. A boating lake is here, not a good day for that either.

Also in Jephson Gardens is a Czech memorial fountain to honour members of the Czech Free Army which was based in Leamington. The fountain is in the shape of a parachute and engraved around the bowl are seven names. These are the men who were parachuted in to Czechoslovakia from Leamington to assassinate the Nazi Governor of Bohemia, Heydrich, in operation Anthropoid. They succeeded but were killed after.