Week in Northumberland

Lovely blog and photo's Richard love that lily and the water garden

Thank you Sixpence- I think the water lily was a white honeysuckle but I admit it does look like a lily ;-)

Lovely photo`s Richard, pleased you and your family had a good time......

Love the topiary ... must keep someone very busy ! The castle is beautiful. Pleased you had a good time. : o )))

They say it's the most tranquil part of England, it certainly is a beautiful County. I keep promising myself I'll holiday there....one day.

That water feature is quite wonderful. I also like the topiary.

Thanks Lincslass we had a great time there
Ha ha I wouldn't like to have to do the topiary Shirley tulip
We have been there twice now Heron the scenery is very picturesque.
There were far more water features there Scotsgran but I didn't take pics of them all.

lovely blog and pics ,nice to c u had a gud time , and are well now. wondered were u were. i like the topiry .

Thanks Cristina thought friends would like to see the pics and where I have been ;-)

yes they do lol and very nice too those water fetures are something arnt they, bit big 4 my garden i think lol . these plases gv u soooooooooooo many ideas 2

Lol Richard it was beautiful the honey suckle

Yes plenty of ideas Cristina I wouldn't fancy having all those poisonous plants that were in the poison garden though. There was a right deadly mixture in there! ;-)
I only knew what it was as there was a label on it Sixpence ;-)

we prob have more than we no in our gardens rich. bet u have foxgloves and euphorbias to name a couple but we don't think abt it ,and if u are sensible!!!!!!!!!!!

The man explaining to us about poisonous plants even mentioned the dangers of rhubarb leaves, aquilegias and hellebores and many others that I have forgotten about now.

see now u are thinking lol and i have those as well ,just soooooooooo many. but interesting .u shud do a blog bt it.

I have all these plants too Cristina. It is amazing to see just what is on the list on Wikipedia here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poisonous_plants

omg thats quik will have a look 2 moz as really need my bed. got grandaughter comeing at 7 in the morning so need the sleep, much as i rather b on here lol so i bid u a gud nite x

Goodnight Cristina...sleep well....

So pleased to enjoyed your visit to Northumberland. Glad you liked The Alnwick Garden....wish I'd known you were visiting...I could have met up with you and shown you round. The Roots and Shoots garden where the local schoolchildren have their plots is now open to the public and you can look in the huge polytunnels where I sometimes work, as a gardening volunteer.

Oh thanks for that Amblealice it would have been nice to have met up. I didn't know that you were from that area. I didn't see everything that was at the gardens as I am still not fully mobile (having broken my femur 6 weeks ago). What we did see though we all enjoyed.

Hi Richard, lovely blog and photos. This is a part of the country that I would really like to explore more of. The castle looks wonderful. I visited Alnwick gardens last summer and it was really lovely....although busy! glad you had a lovely time in spite of the injury! :))

Thanks Karen I can get around slowly now with one or two crutches (depends if I need to carry anything -then one crutch!). We have been to Edinburgh for a holiday before and Glasgow for a college friends reunion. I have also had a tour of some Scottish lochs in the 1980's when I did some work on siphons-very picturesque too ;-)

Lovely blog and photos so pleased you had a nice time. xx

Thanks Carol glad you liked the pics and blog xx

Glad to hear you are on the mend. Take care

Thanks Scotsgran I'll try not to trip up in the garden again ;-)

Yes...you really must take more water with it....lol :-o)))

Ha ha yes Amblealice- where's that water jug.......lol ;-)

Its a bit late now...!!

lovely blog and pics richard, looks a lovely place to visit to, i love the tunnel with plants growing over it,and the water feature ;o)) glad you had a nice hols with your family

never too late Amblealice.......lol... ;-)
Thanks Sandra we had a good time there very picturesque places there ;-)

San.....the tunnel is covered with ivy....its quite creepy walking through it....which is the whole idea of course...lol. The only downside is if it has been raining....you get drips down your neck. I remember last year helping to trim it and it was yes....pouring with rain.....we got a good soaking.....!!!

It was quite dark in there too ;-)

yes i bet it is a bit creepy Alice lol, think of all them spiders in there grrrrr