What are you all up to

I reckon it is Newhailes?   We visited a few years back.

Fantastic looking varieties Goldie,  hopefully they will produce plentiful fruits 

Glad to read that many had a good time on Mothering Sunday.  Fingers crossed that the TB is getting a bit better Goldie - the orchard sounds a lovely idea....

The weather here, yesterday was aweful - just getting a bit fed up with rain at the moment....  However, Saturday was quite a nice day.  We made use of our English Heritage membership with a visit down to Kenilworth Castle.  The dog enjoyed a visit to tbe cafe (as we did!!)... with it's underfloor heating...

David

The orchard sounds wonderful Goldie with plenty of variety. Are they replacing old stock or was it a fresh idea?  Good luck with it and your TB problem.

A drier day than yesterdays wash out. So after hunter gathering food from Tesco the garden called. 2 hours late and we were finished for the day but not unfortunately finished with the garden. Still, better than nothing. 

Physio took MiL for a stroll around the cul-de-sac with a 4 wheel stroller we acquired. They're really good.Todays young lady stayed for an extra 30 minutes, which was probably half her lunch hour.

We've had (and still have some) fruit trees, but they're not very productive and are scattered.

Next year our family will have been at the farm for 150 years, so this is to make our mark in it's history. 

This photo was taken in 1914 and shows a pear tree (middle left) which unfortunately fell down a few years ago. It was well established by the photo was taken, and produced what  we called "bottling pears" - no idea of the variety!.

Spot on Kjell. We have not visited before, but I wonder how we have missed it having visited the area numerous times in the past. We went to Dirleton today, had a walk around the Castle before lunch and then walked round to Yellowcraig after. It looked like the wardens were getting the site ready for opening on the 15th. Spotted this Roe Deer buck, along with a couple of hinds, in one of the gardens of the houses adjacent to the footpath. He just sat there watching us, including the dog, walking past, without a care in the world. Not the clearest of shots but the best I could get considering the dull weather. 

Some great visits going on😁 I can never visit Kenilworth without pondering on all those huge historical figures from history who either called it home, or came on a visit. EH spent a small fortune on the Elizabethan gardens a few years ago as well.
Dirleton is one of our favourite Scottish Castle’s Nellie. We sort of got to know the custodian around 40 years ago, when he was a student working at Tantallon. He’s a really good historical artist, and he gave us a photograph of one of his paintings, which we still have. We last said hello to him a few years ago, when he was in charge of Dirleton. The herbaceous borders there are absolutely stunning in Summer, but the whole castle is just so picturesque. We love the Yellowcraig area as well, one of our favourite Club Sites.

So good to hear how well your MIL is doing WN, great news. 

Thats a wonderful photo Goldie, so interesting when you have a lot of information, photos about your home. 

We love Kenilworth Deavid. We visited a few times some years ago. Such a lot of history there. Lovely photos. 

Teaming with rain here again 😩

We've driven past Kenilworth Castle many times (only about 20 miles from home), but never stopped to have a look around before.  It was quite busy on Saturday, but certainly worth a visit.  We'll certainly go again.. 👍

David

It’s bright and sunny here after some rain Millie, I will try and send it down to you😁 We had a lovely day at Southwell, and I was thinking of you at your Cathedral, as we were given some very interesting information by one of the really good guides at Southwell. We couldn’t help laughing when we were shown one particular carving…….

Looks like a certain presidential hopeful (heaven help us if it happens), complete with realistic comb over……🤣🤣🤣