VISIT TO CROMER & FELBRIGG HALL

that looks fabulous Tet, they are lovely photos and i love your comments. sorry about the car, hope its better now.

She had another little session in Oxford on the way home, but has been okay apart from that. However, Im not happy so will take her to my little man down the road (we had 3 years servicing free until this July!) as the main dealer costs a bomb, and he is every bit as good.
We had a good week considering Sticki..the odd hour of rain on a couple of days, tho Tuesday was bad. We went to Norwich that day so we could take cover in between downpours..but we still got wet!

you did well considering we had a hurricane!!! and rain as if it was poured from a huge waterfall yesterday!!

its very good to have a little man down the road like that! there is a local garage a few yards up from here and he always checks the tyres for me and puts the air in for nothing.

Oh we werent away this week..we came back last Friday. Ive been growing on a lot of clematis and they really got hit for six in the winds.

how about your roses and your lilies?
lots of bits came off the trees around but other than that not too bad here.

Lovely blog Tet. Super photos, love the chooks, and the Hibiscus is fab.

i liked those chooks too ~ sorry, forgot to mention them.

We had similar weather to you, roses and daylilies fine, just the clematis being in tall pots, the wind kept blowing them over no matter where I put them.

The chooks were lovely Cinders; we had to be careful where we tread cos of the little chicks, but so sad to think they had been cooped up...bet they cant believe their luck now with acres to wander in!

Some lovely photos & yes, I loved the chickens & hens (& rooster) too. It is so sad that people treat living creatures so badly, but wonderful when you see them enjoying a good life after being rescued. Some beautiful gardens. I live in NZ, but I used to live in England & visited Ely a couple of times (we were in living in Suffolk at that time). So sad that you were not able to get there, as it's a lovely place & so full of history. Another time hopefully.

We have been having strong winds in our part of the world over the past two days too .... & the little flowering cherry we put in a couple of weeks ago, which was covered in beautiful pink blossom, is now sadly bare!

Thanks Dwyllis. We made it to New Zealand in 2007 and spent two weeks in South and North Island (not nearly enough!) If we couldnt live in UK then this would be our choice, despite you sitting on the Pacific Ring!! Loved it there and had been researching for a book and people were so helpful.
I dont know if you remember, but our blossom here is always hit or miss..this year was good with magnificent magnolias and cherry trees for the whole season! But most times the March/April winds have their wicked way.
Consolation my dear regarding Ely...what we didnt do on the way up..we did on the way back..so got there in the end...as you say, well worth it!

Love blog Tet. and what a beautiful garden, how I also love to see chooks roaming free!

Not too far from you Grandmage if you are northside..the gardens were lovely, but wait til I blog Blickling Hall Gardens...

We are Sth.east but not far in the car!! Look forward to B.hall, I do love that Cromer coastline though.

will you do a blog on ely tet? and i am looking forward to the blickling hall gardens ~ are they cambridgeshire?

Dwyllis where in suffolk did you live?

that looks beautiful, I did'nt know you was going away, glad you was rescued by the RAC, was he your knight in shining army, lovely blog/photo's and the chickens are lovely to see, saved and roaming about free.

I have a few shots of Wells Next The Sea Grandmage, where the colours of sand and sea and cloud shapes are beautiful..its seal coast around there but didnt see any..still should get away with nature & wildlife..
Got no pics of flowers in Ely Sticki but guess I might get away with it just this once..
I didnt ask if he was a Lord Yorkie, but he never joined the army. However he treated me just like the gentry I am lol! (I was going to say he bent over backwards..but knowing you, that was an unsafe comment LOL)

No reply to that one Tet, nearly left yourself wide open,

I agree, definitely overkill on the bench! :)) lovely place Tet, thanks! :))

Lovely blog Tetra, glad you got the car sorted though, that could have been a right downer,those gardens are smashing and like you I also like to see the chooks wandering around looking happy and healthy,horrible when you think of them kept in those farm places whereby they can`t move.
Smashing photographs...

We had taken out insurance Lincslass, but its no consolation really. There's all the hassle of claiming, having to be towed back to Bristol, all our plans up the shute..glad we could go on..much better. Glad you enjoyed it too Karen.

lovely place to look round, and so pleased for those chucks.

It was lovely to see the little chicks running around. Thank goodness they wont suffer what the older chickens did Clarice!

Tell me about it, i love to see those poor cage bird getting their freedom, dont know why people still buy cagebird eggs, as there not even very nice.:((

True Crissue, as we found out while on holiday. Didnt realise the yolks were so...orange!
Im afraid I dont like any birds in a cage really, except budgies, even then I feel sad they will never taste freedom. But I must admit they do make amusing pets.

Loved this, Tet, what great photos you've taken! This looks like a 'must visit' garden, and loved the chooks too.. Glad to hear that your car got sorted out ok..\0/x

Thanks Flori, Felbrigg and Blickling (still have to blog that) were very close and well worth seeing both.