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13:35:00 o'clock BST
A weekend off at last.
Wow, a weekend off and I shot down to the Cotswolds to spend it with other folks from AOL near Wooton-under-Edge.
We stayed at Tortworth Court, a wonderful hotel with great gardens. I have photos to prove it but cant get them to appear on this page for some reason best known to those with expertise beyond gardening....which is a pity, because I have a shot of a most unusual tree called Tetradium daniellii.
In addition to the odd rarity, the hotel grounds hold a collection of very large, old trees ranging from Cedars and other conifers to cut-leaved Beech, Liriodendron and many others.
Leyhill Prison, the guys who do so well at Chelsea Flowers Show each year, was just next door and the tree collection extended into their grounds. I popped around to check them out and came away from their farm shop with an Echium pinatum to replace the one I bought in Devon a year or so back.
On the way home I hoped to look in on a garden down there: Hidcote perhaps. But after I had got up late, had a relaxed breakfast and driven aimlessly (I forgot to take a map!) through the Cotswolds for a while in beautiful weather and stopped off in Hook Norton for a pint and a sandwich, it was time to think about getting back for Sunday dinner. Well, you have to, don't you?
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Anyone seen my goat?
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Hope you enjoyed your pint of Hooky!!
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sounds very nice
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Looks like you meant what you said "Igive up" re no pictures ,dont please your words are as valuable as pictures . Jan xx
23/02/06 20:52