Each year I make a list of National Trust places that we’d like to explore and as my son gets older and copes with longer car journeys we have widened our horizons. I’d wanted to visit Cotswold Lavender for a while, and realised that we could also tick another NT property off of our to…Continue reading Exploring Hidcote for the first time
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Bluebell spotting in Dockey Wood
We’ve been so busy lately I was worried that the bluebells would be over before we got a chance to see them. After our snow-covered trip to the Ashridge Estate, I’d been recommended to return at this time of year, and a little googling gave me the prime location to admire these lovely Spring flowers. …Continue reading Bluebell spotting in Dockey Wood
Exploring Bodnant Garden
We spent some time in North Wales recently. It’s an area I’d been to before, but many years ago long before I had my son. We’d had a few very foggy days but then the sun decided to finally make an appearance and I thought we would make good use of our National Trust membership…Continue reading Exploring Bodnant Garden
Exploring Boarstall Duck Decoy and Claydon
Much of the Easter holidays were spent in wellies, boots and waterproofs but the weather certainly wasn’t going to stop us having fun and spending time with friends. We’d had a date in the diary for some time to spend a day with my friend L and her son C and we were determined to…Continue reading Exploring Boarstall Duck Decoy and Claydon
Discovering Pitstone Windmill
You may recall that we recently visited the National Trust run Ashridge Estate recently. It’s somewhere i just know we will be getting to know more over the next few years. As we were heading home I we realised that we had an ideal opportunity to visit somewhere else close by too. We spent a…Continue reading Discovering Pitstone Windmill
Wheel of Fortune – My Sunday Photo 110318
Wheel of Fortune – My Sunday Photo 110318