We had 13 packages to send off this morning, including two very expensive bank notes and two very cheap football cards (my labours of last week bearing fruit!).
Then I took Julia to lunch and decided to get some use out of our National Trust membership. Last year, we didn’t get a lot of use out of them. We went to Clumber Park, which isn’t far from the spot where I took the bluebell pictures yesterday.
It’s home to a number of things including a lake, which I photographed a few times last year, and a chapel which featured in a few photos.
This time we decided to visit the kitchen garden. It’s an excellent place, and very well designed. There’s a massive lean-to greenhouse up against a south-facing wall and a gentle slope to let the cold air flow away downhill. I didn’t walk all the way down, but I’m pretty sure there will be holes in the wall to let the cold air flow away. They designed things better in those days.
I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
Hopefully they won’t say something bad.
And finally.
Cream Tea at Clumber Park
It’s a hard life, but I’m coping…
I love visiting kitchen gardens! I also love a scone and jam!
I think I know just the place for you…
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I would love a giant greenhouse like that! The cream tea is a perfect ending to the visit. 🙂
It’s big enough to live in and still have room left over, though the bill for curtains would be quite steep.
AWESOME GREENHOUSE! I love the old wheelbarrows, too! Thanks for sharing!
It makes you think of things in a different way to see something that size.
A tough day. Well done for getting through it.
Sometimes you just have to do your best with what life throws at you.
I love the kitchen garden at Clumber Park. And it is inexpensive to visit, even without NT membership.
I’ve visited Clumber several times but never visited the kitchen garden before – I was impressed.
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“Something good” say the photos
I always like Clumber Park but don’t go now as I no longer live close!
I tend to find myself drawn more to Rufford Abbey. It’s closer, and I prefer the lake there.
There’s something very satisfying about a well designed glass house, and a well-tended kitchen garden come to that.
There is. Strange how we;ve never improved on that with modern technology.
Very nice! And tea at the end? Even better.
There’s really only one way to finish a visit to a country house. If you exclude revolution…
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That IS an enormous greenhouse, and it does look well-done and lovely–nice flowering plants too. It’s funny that the photos speak for themselves by saying OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA, except for the last, where it lets the food speak for itself. Good for you both for having a nice day out.
🙂 I was too lazy to caption all the photos, I admit. Didn’t realise they were quite so technical in their conversation.
I also had no idea that the built-in ads for the camera exist. Good photos though!
Thank you. 🙂