Glansevern Hall Gardens

We had an extra day off courtesy of Her Majesty the Queen in honour of her birthday. The weather was perfect for a short excursion to enjoy the sunshine, whilst it lasted. I did some quick research to find somewhere nearby that we had never been before and we settled on Glansevern Hall Gardens.

Taking advantage of the weather, I pegged some washing on the line before we set off for the gardens, arriving just in time for lunch. The menu was interesting; with so many choices I had difficulty in deciding what to choose. I asked about a couple of the options and was apologetically informed that some things had sold out because they had been extremely busy on bank holiday Monday. I said it wasn’t a problem and I settled on a parma ham and sun-blushed tomato ciabatta. It was delicious.

Glansevern Hall Gardens

When we finished lunch we enjoyed a walk around the gardens, which are lovely and peaceful. The garden wasn’t as colourful as we would have expected for this time of year. We found out later when chatting to the lady in the entrance kiosk that this was due to the cold winds we have been experiencing which has set the garden growth back by a month. After the gardens we took the scenic route home, stopping for a cup of tea along the way. Our first choice of venue was unexpectedly shut so we traveled on to Church Stretton where we knew of another nice tea shop. There was an embarrassing teapot moment, when the pot decided it didn’t want to pour straight and more tea ended up on the table than in the cup!

Suitably refreshed, we returned home in time to meet with the gentleman that is going to remove our disintegrating shed for us.

Glansevern Hall Gardens

12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2016

12 Responses to “Glansevern Hall Gardens”

  1. I find it amazing about the English stopping for tea break. I was wondering if you find it strange for us American having coffee like some of us do.
    Tried a new tea an Earl Gray and Lavender combo.

    Coffee is on

    • CherryPie says:

      As an English girl I was brought up with morning coffee, which was called elevenses and drunk at 11am and afternoon tea which was drunk at 4pm.

      Over the years I have gone off coffee and rarely drink it much preferring English breakfast tea, green tea and some herbal teas.

  2. Alan says:

    I have to say that I’m getting fed up with eh wind, especially this week. It does not seem to have affected the weeds in my garden but it has made cycling a great effort; it never seemed to be behind me, either.

  3. james higham says:

    And what will you put up in its place?

  4. Ayush says:

    a pleasant day, it appears to me, CP. and lovely shots as mementos.

  5. English Heritage? Do they something like this in Wales? Ha…