So here we are driving back from Dorset and now through beautiful Cornish countryside .
There was one place we wanted to visit on the way back ....
.........it was quite a bit further than we remembered ....
......down narrow , winding country lanes ....feeling queezy at this point ...deary me......lol !... I don't travel too well in cars ...but I knew that it was just about at my limit and that I could rest and recover with a nice cup of tea in the cafe on arrival .
So this is the beautiful Trerice Manor at Kestle Mill near Newquay Cornwall .
Trerice is a beautiful Elizabethan Manor House surrounded by stunningly beautiful gardens and now owned by the National Trust .
Today we are just coming to see the Trerice Potager and Labyrinth in the Mowhay .
Very excited to see the Elizabethan Labyrinth ! As you know I have a labyrinth , back home , in my garden and I appreciate the work it takes to keep it looking good !
This labyrinth is actually not strictly a labyrinth at all , but a maze .
It was made according to directions in a very old book "The Gardener's Labyrinth " by Thomas Hill about 1570 . It was very fashionable to have a maze/labyrinth in your grounds back in these times .
It is a beauty ! Love it !
Then near by is the Trerice Potager .
You really have to come and see this lovely little vegetable garden !
I love the trellis fencing around the boundary , I suspect there may be lots of little bunnykins here !
Surrounded by lawn and a neatly clipped box hedge ...and a greenhouse that I was not sure if we might be allowed inside ....so no pics of the inside ...maybe next time !
Lots of different varieties of Apple trees , beautifully tended to .
The gardening team were doing a wonderful job !
They have so much to attend to here !
This is such a good time to visit...amid flowering herbs such as Lavender, Rosemary , Borage and Spearmint Peppermint and Thyme , beans and vegetables ready to harvest .
I felt so happy wandering around the lovely gardens .
We found a pretty place to sit and look over it all .
The ornamental gardens to the front of the house .
My lasting memory of the gardens are of the pure white Japanese Anemones ....
.......with just a touch of blue .
We decided to come again another day to go into the house ....we,ve been before and really did not have time to do it today . ( Thinking about home now )
Just visiting the gardens was a joy enough for me anyway !
I enjoyed my cup of tea and bought a Chocolate Peppermint plant from the Herb Plant stall .
New babies , all safe and ready to head home again !
Along those winding Cornish lanes .
We saw this beautiful cottage garden ! Look at it ! Isn't it wonderful ! Giving everybody joy as they drive past ! ( and hopefully make them slow down....I know ...I live down a country lane like this too ..people drive too fast ! )
We saw the lady tending to it ...lovely Begonias and Cannas and gorgeous hanging baskets . It takes a lot of work to put on a display like this ! Maybe I,ll give this a go next year ! :)
You have to drive slower along our Cornish roads and lanes .
The Cornish hedges look might soft but are built of rock ...so keep over !!
Through our beautiful Cornish countryside .
Old Cornish tin mines and engine houses along the way .
Have a snooze ......
............but it is so beautiful , all along the way !
Farmers are cutting the meadows and fields and preparing for Winter .
Can we see the sea yet ? Are we nearly there ? :)
Home !
