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Wrest Park Gardens, Bedfordshire / England

Cold and Clear on Flickr.

Bluebell spotting at Nostell Priory & Parkland

‘Strike Penrhyn’ (2016) / installation detail 

Trade Union banners display ‘first person’ responses shared by volunteers, community members and former quarrymen alongside a ton of slate from the local quarry in Bethesda, North Wales.

The following documentary is also included:  

https://vimeo.com/robynwoolston/strikepenrhyn

Location: 

National Trust / Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales. 

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/penrhyn-castle

Exhibition open until 2nd October 2016

Winston Churchill’s coat and ostrich-feather trimmed bicorn hat (bottom left), both forming the principal parts of his official uniform as a Privy Counsellor. 

The goldwork on the coat is made up of shiny, reflective metal pieces, not just gold thread. This uniform is no longer worn by Privy Counsellors. 

Churchill was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1907. It is a lifetime appointment, and he died in 1965.

Photograph taken at his country house, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

Blaise Hamlet

The wallpaper in the Lower India Room at Penrhyn castle, hung in the early 1830s and contrasting with the neo-Norman features and furnishings

Source:National Trust Collections

The hand-painted Chinese wallpaper in the State Bedroom at Erddig

Source:National Trust - Treasure Hunt blog

Morston Salt Marshes..Norfolk Coast. by Adam Swaine
Via Flickr:
Norfolk Walk Morston Salt Marshes from Morston Quay This short route explores parts of the Mortson Salt Marshes that are accessible on foot. The route starts from the visitor centre (Grid ref. TG006442) which is signed from the A149 Cromer to Hunstanton road in the centre of Morston village. The walk is subject to tides and maybe wet underfoot. Times of tides are available locally and the walk not attempted on a rising tide as there is a danger that you may be cut off or stranded. It must also be stressed that this walk should not be attempted in mist or poor visibility as the lack of landmarks on the marshes can be disorientating

Morston Salt Marshes..Norfolk Coast. by Adam Swaine
Via Flickr:
Norfolk Walk Morston Salt Marshes from Morston Quay This short route explores parts of the Mortson Salt Marshes that are accessible on foot. The route starts from the visitor centre (Grid ref. TG006442) which is signed from the A149 Cromer to Hunstanton road in the centre of Morston village. The walk is subject to tides and maybe wet underfoot. Times of tides are available locally and the walk not attempted on a rising tide as there is a danger that you may be cut off or stranded. It must also be stressed that this walk should not be attempted in mist or poor visibility as the lack of landmarks on the marshes can be disorientating

Morston Salt Marshes Norfolk by Adam Swaine
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Morston lies within Blakeney National Nature Reserve, which also includes Blakeney Point and Stiffkey Marshes. With its big skies, haunting marshes, meandering tidal creeks and wide open sandy beaches, it is one of the largest areas of undeveloped coastal habitats of its type in Europe.

Blakeney Harbour North Norfolk by Adam Swaine
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Morston Quay National Trust… Blakeney National Nature Reserve.

Dusk on the Glaven @ Blakeney North Norfolk by Adam Swaine
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River Glaven, snaking its way through Blakeney - Norfolk UK Blakeney: Glaven Estuary

Blakeney National Nature Reserve Norfolk.. by Adam Swaine
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River Glaven..The River Glaven flows for 17 km through one of the most beautiful valleys in England. Rising from tiny headwaters in lower Bodham and Baconsthorpe, the main river begins just below Selbrigg Pond where three streams combine at the outfall. Thereafter, it descends through wooded hills of glacial debris and passes through lush countryside and picturesque flint villages. Finally, the river meets the sea behind Blakeney Point. The Glaven is surrounded by arable land, coniferous plantations, grazing meadows and wetlands. The river is a haven for wildlife.

Morston Marsh …Blakeney Harbour NT by Adam Swaine
Via Flickr:
A rich area for wildlife Morston lies within Blakeney National Nature Reserve, which also includes Blakeney Point and Stiffkey Marshes. With its big skies, haunting marshes, meandering tidal creeks and wide open sandy beaches, it is one of the largest areas of undeveloped coastal habitats of its type in Europe..

River Burn Norfolk Coast by Adam Swaine
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The chalk-fed River Burn..flows through a low-lying catchment for 12.1 km before discharging into the salt marshes of Holkham National Nature Reserve (NNR). Its source is close to the village of South Creake, and from here it travels through North Creake and Burnham Thorpe, before widening a little and reaching two watermills – Union Mill and Lower Mill – at Burnham Overy. From here, the Burn widens further and enters Overy saltmarshes, where it eventually flows out to sea.

Walks along the River Glaven Norfolk by Adam Swaine
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Cley and Salthouse Marshes..Cley and Salthouse Marshes is one of the country’s most popular birdwatching sites, attracting more than 110,000 human visitors each year. The six hides (four of which are accessible via boardwalks) give fantastic views across pools and scrapes that are specially managed to attract breeding and passage birds. The award-winning visitor centre features interactive interpretation, regularly changing exhibitions, and a well-stocked gift and book shop.

Agar Creek Blakeney Norfolk by Adam Swaine
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Lovely stunning coastal walk along the north norfolk coast creeks marshes and stunning wildlife AONB…

Blakeney - Agar Creek by Adam Swaine
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The lovely coastal village of Blakeney is one of the most enchanting on the North Norfolk Coast and is one of our favourites. Blakeney started life as a busy medieval commercial port until the estuary began to silt up preventing all but pleasure craft from gaining access. The silting has left a fascinating landscape of marshes, sand hills and mud banks, with many creeks and channels twisting and turning their way through. Blakeney village is set on a small hill leading down to the harbour and has pretty flint cottages (many for holiday rent), shops, cafe’s, restaurants, hotels, pubs and inns

attendants-view:

Folk music, Morris dancing and asparagus.

This might be the most National Trust pub I’ve ever heard of, and I now want to go there to see if it lives up to my mental image of it!

Remember my comment about the Fleece Inn sounding so utterly fantastically National Trust?

Well,I now know that there’s an Asparafairy. And Gus.
http://www.britishasparagusfestival.org/about/meet-gus/

Oh, and a woman who predicts the future. Using Asparagus.
http://www.britishasparagusfestival.org/about/meet-the-asparamancer/

Thanks twitter.

theladyintweed:

Hatchlands Park 

Coldrum Longbarrow- Kent UK

Ashridge Forest, Hertfordshire, England

Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales (17-8-21)