Biddulph Grange Gardens

A fun few hours Easter hunting at Biddulph.

Calke Gardens

 Whilst Pappy spent the day fixing an Astra (not his, phew!), the bee and I had a lovely and relaxing day. A morning spent laying in and playing train set followed by an afternoon stroll around the gardens at Calke. It was such a dull, grey day, but we saw a surprising amount of colour throughout the gardens!

(Louie's coat not included!)

This is Louie's meerkat impression. He is convinced that the fern house used to house meerkats, I have no idea where he got that from, any suggestions welcome!!

How beautiful is this nectarine tree housed in the Orangery? I wanted to take it and its beautiful pink blossoms home with me! What a stunning little tree!

 Mr Bee insisted on having this photo taken so that we can compare it with one taken two or three years ago, I must dig that one out!

Hopefully it will warm up a little bit more so that we can have lots of adventures and find lots and lots more colour!

Hardwick Hall

We begun our half term holiday at Hardwick Hall, Nottinghamshire. It has been a long, long time since our last visit but we enjoyed it just as much. Unfortunately, it was a miserable day, but we still managed to have plenty of fun spotting ladybirds and playing in the autumn leaves.

After a good romp in the leafy orchard, we had a little sit down in the herb garden whilst Mr Bee played with his newfound stick. Maybe he was a dog in an previous life, picking out sticks far bigger than him and refusing to give them up.

After a thorough walk around the gardens, I snapped the last of the flowers, the beautiful dahlias. We headed to the lovely cafe for a cream tea and then we found the woodland play trail. Mr Bee adored the woodland play areas, as usual, however this time he explored the whole thing all by his self, no holding hands! Little adventurer :)

and we found more ladybirds!

After a full day at Hardwick, we made the short trip to our campsite in the heart of Sherwood Forest for our little autumn break.