Another glorious day last Sunday, so we went to Coughton Court for a walk in the grounds.
We parked the car and headed straight for the woods to be amongst the bluebells
which did not disappoint.
The scent was heavenly
It's a small wood, and the path snakes up the hill and then down again
The bluebells were everywhere
they were so delightful I had to remind myself to look up
we turned right and started on our descent
Then a walk in the meadow which led to
the small bridge over the stream
on our right, our first sighting of the house
and a dramatic change to the smells - wild garlic lines both sides of the path.
The smell was overwhelming
The very shallow stream on our left
the walk is very pleasant
huge expanses of wild garlic once we left the path
and reached the bog garden
the path here is lined with hostas
different varieties
a maiden hidden in the middle of the plants
we then moved on to the orchard
A few tulips remain. Two weeks ago this would have been filled with tulips of all varieties. You can pick as many as you want, and then pay at the shop. Unfortunately, we missed them this year
The entrance to the walled garden
which is divided into 'rooms'
this room is home to four wisteria trees. I have yet, after all these years, to see them flower - they tend to flower much later than the rest of the wisterias in our area and we somehow always miss them.
The central path of the walled garden
leads to the lake
we enjoyed looking at the mallard with her nine ducklings
a goose with her four babies
it was a still day so the reflections were very clear
a few remaining tulips here
We were not ready to leave yet
a mixture of wild garlic and bluebells gave this part of the walk interesting scents
fluffy and incredibly fast moving
We reached the central area of the grounds - so many people enjoying the sunshine here
two avenues of trees on either side of the grass lead to
the house.
More tulips
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