After what seemed like the longest lambing time in years, largely due to the horrendous weather, it was finally time to take a few days off and this week we went down to stay with friends John and Rachael in Cheshire. We took our friends Kevin and Daphne with us.
Tuesday we spent at Cheshire Show, a large 2 day agricultural show which John is very involved with so whilst he had to work also on the 2nd day we took Rachael out and did some sightseeing.
We went to Tatton Park which is home to a Tudor Old Hall, a Neo-Classical
Mansion, 50 acres of landscaped gardens, a rare-breed farm and
1,000 acres of deer park.
The 50 acres of gardens at Tatton have been developing for over
200 years with each successive owner of the Tatton Park estate
playing their part in its evolution. Lewis William Wyatt and Joseph
Paxton ( I was a Paxton before getting married so I wonder if he was a relative, his gardening skills didnt pass on if thats the case!!) architect of Crystal Palace, designed various elements
including the Conservatory.
The middle picture shows the biggest rhubarb Ive ever seen and the bottom picture is a Davidia involucrata (dove tree, handkerchief tree). It was really beautiful. The Estate belongs to the National Trust and its well worth a visit if you are ever in the area
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