Bluebells

Nana is visiting (hooray!) and for her first adventure we decided to visit Hatchlands Park - another pretty National Trust property not far from us. We thought Hatchlands a good choice for Nana's first outing because it's close by and a nice place to get out and walk off the jetlag. It also gave her a good opportunity do a bit more 'bonding' with Caiti, who was persisting in calling her "Tracey" for the first couple of days.

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May is a good time to visit Hatchlands because the grounds include a couple of small woods, which are packed with bluebells. The bluebells start appearing in early May and don't last for long, but what a sight they are when they're out. We saw a few bluies at Kew Gardens when we first arrived this time last year, but didn't realise that they were so extensive across the country. We've even got a few in the backyard taking over from where the daffodils left off.

We're starting to sound like keen gardners aren't we?? .... Jo's new favourite show is now Gardener's World - Friday nights on BBC2 - it's a sort of British Burke's Backyard, but more full-on.



This is Hatchlands!


The lady of the house


More ladies


Right then, here's the bluebells.... nice, aren't they?


More bluebells..


...and some more...


...and yet more bluebells with various family members in shot...


...the idea here is to prove we were really there, and not just sitting at home watching repeats of Gardener's World...


...that should just about do it then...


OK kids, good job. We can go home and watch the telly now!