We set off on our journey to Ely a little later than we had intended which, as well as the travel taking longer than expected, led us to change our plans and not pay a short visit visit to Cambridge. Instead we broke our journey for lunch in Market Harborough. Being a Sunday the nice [...]
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Revisiting Trees
The proposed visit to Attingham Park that I mentioned yesterday went ahead as planned.
The weather was perfect, we (my Mum and I) arrived just before a tour of the ‘Lady Berwick Garden’ was due to take place. It was an opportunity not to be missed.
Warden, Ron Iremonger took us on the short walk to the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 9th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Trees
This is such a perfect topic for a tree lover like me. I have so many photos to choose from. I settled with these three.
The first photo was taken in my garden last week as the sun was setting.
The other two were taken in Attingham Park in February last year. They remind me of [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2011
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Attingham – The Mile Walk
Following the Snowdrop Walk onto the Mile Walk eventually takes you to the river which looks particularly nice with the blue sky reflecting in it. The walk was designed by Thomas Leggett in 1770:
Most of the trees and shrubs along the river-side walk are species that might have been planted in the 1770s. An exception [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2010
