Anglesey Abbey

To Anglesey Abbey with Alberto and Jacqui.

But first a stop to admire a cottage garden. The owner buys tulip bulbs by the thousands from a wholesaler and annually plants them over three six hour days. 

There's an avenue planted with a carpet of cyclamens that were more impressive than the photograph.

Joan, Jacqui and Alberto

Then to the dahlia garden where 90 different plants are in a crescent arranged so that they can't all be seen from any single spot.

And then we get into the house  before it closed.

And afterward the rose garden. Chandos Beauty is the one with the strongest and most attractive scent.

We had a coffee in the café before heading for home and the heavens opened. Torrential rain, and Alberto bravely heads out to the far end of the car-park to bring the car closer to us. We we so lucky to have a pleasant dry day in the gardens.