Oh, Christmas Tree .....

What I like about this time of the year are Christmas lights and decorations and last weekend we went out to take in the Christmas Tree Festival at St Aldhelm's Church, Branksome followed by the Christmas Tree Wonderland in the Lower Gardens, Bournemouth.

We always enjoy the trees in the church that are decorated by local families, groups, organisations and this year the theme of 'A Piece of Heaven'  and below are some photos that I took.  It was late afternoon so it would soon be dark and the low light made for a lovely atmosphere.

The butterflies on this tree were lovely 

 Above is a tree of knitted squares

There were also some trees on which people could leave message for loved ones who won't be around for Christmas, which was poignant.  The trees will be there until Christmas Eve.

We went onto Bournemouth which was still thronged with people as it was late afternoon.  There is a Christmas Market in the Square and traders seemed much like those we'd seen at Bath or Exeter, so there wasn't a lot of original things to see.  Going passed them to get to the Lower Gardens which run down to the Pier Approach was really busy but it was a good display nonetheless.  The trees were like we saw last year but it was good to see them again.

Where we were parked there was a giant bauble

Here are the trees in the Lower Gardens

 This tree was behind a bar in the Square.  Looks almost like a witch's hat!

 In the pics above and below I took in the reflections from the Bourne stream that runs through the Gardens

 Above is looking towards the Ferris wheel on the Pier Approach

This festival is in Bournemouth until 2 January 2020.