Hestercombe 18th C Landscape Garden

Blog friends, have I taken you to Hestercombe before?

Hestercombe is a very special place in that there are three different gardens here : the 18th Century Landscape Garden with all the water dashing through it and small temples and follies, the Edwardian Garden designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll  and the Formal Victorian Terrace and Shrubberies. The Landscape Garden has been the subject of a major restoration project,  and was opened to the public for the first time in 125 years in 1997. Continue reading →

Stuckness

There was going to be a post on Sunday and then it kind of got stuck somewhere and to be honest I got irritated trying to sort out the photos, none of which jumped up and said “Me, me I am the one! pick me!”

At this moment in time 07 39 Wednesday – we are gathering  ourselves together for a dash to the end of the road to see the Torch jog past and bathe in the Zeitgeist briefly, I will brood darkly on what if anything I feel like writing here about.

In the meantime reflect on the fact that this week is National Vegetarian Week and National Dementia Week and lay your bets as to which is getting more publicity?