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Quennington Fresh Air Sculpture

28/10/2017 By shendyNo Comments

A tip from a friend led us to the Fresh Air sculpture exhibition at Quennington in Gloucestershire - a bi-annual outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture - and what a tip it was. A huge garden, full of really interesting sculpture - we could have spent an absolute fortune! Well worth a look, the next one opens in June 2019. ...

Hestercombe

20/09/201630/11/2018 By shendyNo Comments

A few weeks ago we saw a Gardeners' World feature on Hestercombe in Somerset, so we decided to pay a visit. We've found giving up our National Trust membership quite liberating - we'd only tend to consider going to their sites on the grounds we'd have to pay for anywhere else, so having to pay everywhere means we can go (theoretically) anywhere. Anyway, Hestercombe is lovely, well worth a visit. ...

Summer Holiday, pt 3

01/11/201530/11/2018 By shendyNo Comments

We had two main stops on the drive back through France. The first was the chateau at Villandry, not far from Tours, which was amazing - huge formal gardens, quite spectacular. The other was a visit to Pegasus Bridge just north of Caen, one of the first places (the first?) liberated on D-Day. As it turned out, the hotel we booked happened to be in the village of Benouville so the bridge was only about 5 minutes walk away. ...

Summer Holidays pt 1

01/11/201530/11/2018 By shendyNo Comments

I've finally got round to sorting out some photos from our summer holiday - a lovely 3 weeks at a gite in France doing very little. One trip out was to the water lily gardens at Latour Marliac, also visited last year, a lovely place to visit. Some odds and sods ...

Bodnant Revisited

18/10/201530/11/2018 By shendyNo Comments

One of the reasons for heading to North Wales was a desire to go back to the National Trust garden at Bodnant. We went in September last time, so quite fancied seeing it earlier in the year - we were particularly pleased that the Laburnum arch was in full display. Bodnant is quite possibly my favourite garden - so many different parts, and well worth a visit. " order_by="sortorder"]...