by Trevor Millum | Feb 12, 2019 | Gardens, Places, Visits
Off to somewhere warm and exotic? No, not at all. Lovely North Wales and Conwy in particular. A castle, a walled town and views over the water from the chaise long in the bedroom while sipping a glass of something… And only four hours away. We couldn’t...
by Trevor Millum | Nov 15, 2018 | Gardens
Autumn has been gentle this year. The acer hung on to its leaves for a long time until over a couple of days they all came down and covered this part of the garden like snow – in that you can’t tell path from flower bed. The aspen then added its...
by Trevor Millum | Aug 9, 2018 | Family, Gardens
A couple of big heads at Doddington Hall – and I’m not talking about us or our visitors… Just a couple of the two hundred or so exhibits in the gardens and outbuildings that make up the Sculpture Exhibition. The photo shows the more formal area; out...
by Trevor Millum | Jul 18, 2018 | Gardens
July has been enriched and enlivened by a visit from our Californian friend Jack, last seen in Borneo, but now with Sylv in the gardens of Burton Agnes, Yorkshire – somewhere most visitors get to see as it’s one of the loveliest examples of a historic...
by Trevor Millum | Mar 27, 2018 | Family, Gardens
Sylv and Beena sharing a log-bench with a carved otter in the grounds of Ushaw College, near Durham. The artist has also created a fox, a snake or serpent (it’s big) and a wonderfully lifelike badger – though I have yet to discover the name of the artist....
by Trevor Millum | May 2, 2014 | Gardens
This is the entrance to Lea Gardens, near Matlock in Derbyshire. But first you have to get past the café and its display of cakes, which must be one of the best for miles. This gem of a garden was created out of a quarry by the local mill owner many years ago and was...
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