Friday 19th A very windy night! We went mothing in the morning, the property owners have 5 moth traps that are set up and checked nearly daily. We saw 53 out of a possible 200 species. On a good day, you can get as many as 90! One species they haven't had there before caused great excitement. Pic: inspecting a moth trap; Elephant & Eyed Hawk Moths.
When we'd finished, we drove to Mannington Hall, a mediaeval moated house, which has a large collection of over 5,000 varieties of roses, ranging from species roses to modern types. Each group of roses is grown in a special area according to their date of origin, including a mediaeval garden, a renaissance garden, a Victorian flower garden and orchard, a knot garden, a trellis garden, a rather bleak 'between the wars' garden, & modern gardens.
You can also view the gardens around the Hall - I felt a bit uncomfortablewalking right past the windows! My favourite was the Scented Garden, designed in an elaborate knot, each bed having a different feature rose + an assortment of herbs giving off delicious scents in the sunshine! The house has some interesting chimneys with bricks laid in lattice patterns + some gargoyles on the eaves!
Garden pics: archway between rose gardens, the Scented Garden.
Diane cooked a huge dinner - a casserole of Lincoln sausages + 10 varieties of vegetables & dried fruit! They're so used to cooking on an Aga range, they find it hard using an electric stove! A. Nellie cooks at home, Diane on holiday. We showed them our NZ pics after tea, I dressed up in my Maasai clothes.
When we'd finished, we drove to Mannington Hall, a mediaeval moated house, which has a large collection of over 5,000 varieties of roses, ranging from species roses to modern types. Each group of roses is grown in a special area according to their date of origin, including a mediaeval garden, a renaissance garden, a Victorian flower garden and orchard, a knot garden, a trellis garden, a rather bleak 'between the wars' garden, & modern gardens.
You can also view the gardens around the Hall - I felt a bit uncomfortablewalking right past the windows! My favourite was the Scented Garden, designed in an elaborate knot, each bed having a different feature rose + an assortment of herbs giving off delicious scents in the sunshine! The house has some interesting chimneys with bricks laid in lattice patterns + some gargoyles on the eaves! Garden pics: archway between rose gardens, the Scented Garden.
Diane cooked a huge dinner - a casserole of Lincoln sausages + 10 varieties of vegetables & dried fruit! They're so used to cooking on an Aga range, they find it hard using an electric stove! A. Nellie cooks at home, Diane on holiday. We showed them our NZ pics after tea, I dressed up in my Maasai clothes.
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