The weekend before Valentines Marilyn and I went to see the snowdrops at the Rococo gardens and went for a walk around the local village of Painswick and I remembered a bistro advertising Valentines meals - Cardynham House. Chose here for the evening meal, lovely atmosphere, run by a lovely Spanish couple who couldn't be more attentive, and wonderful food (we went for the full three courses :-p )
Sunday was a crisp north wind but beautiful blue sky. Went to Newark Park for more snowdrops n daffodils - even the cherry blossom is out, mild winter so far! Loadsa people there but its a big place with lots of walks so it could handle it.
There are a number of (muddy) walks through woods on the estate and around the small lake.
The gardens also contain a number of follies, nooks n crannies
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| Early form of selfie :) |
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| Was it something in the tea?? |
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| Lakeside Lodge |
We didn't find the house one of the Trusts finest but it did have a few points of interest
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| an early chamber pot! |
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| an early bed chamber |
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| wall to wall porcelain cabinet |
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| but wonderful views from the windows |
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