More moat

Following the solo expedition reported at reference 1, BH clearly had to be taken to see this important piece of our national heritage.

Intrigued on the way by the way that this creeper was growing on the south facing side of a house. So what is it about the growth of tips of creeper that make them curve gently down in this way? Do the shoots set out along the horizontal courses of mortar, but gradually get dragged down by gravity? And if so, why so neat?

Moat still there

Old bamboo

One of the various clumps of bamboo dotted around the moat, presumably the relic of a shubbery of which the moat was the centrepiece. Now, I suppose, in danger of being shaded out by the native trees.

Carex

And a little beyond what is presently the eastern end of the moat, a quite respectable clump of carex pendula. With another clump of bamboo just visible top right.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-hunt-for-old-moat.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/search?q=carex. Some previous sightings of carex pendula. The stuff gets everywhere. My own, down the bottom of the garden, continues satisfactorily, not having been unduly bothered by the heat wave. Perhaps being in the shade helps.