Elephant Hawkmoth
Found her Laying her eggs on our greens in the greenhouse. Evicted rapidly to find another place to land.
Mount Grace Priory & Rievaulx Abbey
A fairly long drive to Mount Grace Priory and gardens then onto Rievaulx Abbey for a visit. The Scones at Mount Grace were lovely with clotted cream and blackcurrant jam.…
Cusworth Hall
A trip to Cusworth Hall to see the new walled garden. The garden is in it’s infancy but is still well worth a trip. The gardeners have put in a…
A very HOT day
Went for a walk around the wildlife park today, one of the hottest days of the year, even the African animals were hiding out of the sun. We cut the…
The Balkans
North Macedonia and Skopje. Wish we had more time here. very interesting and a lot to see. May have to go back for a short break.
The Balkans
Starting from Kosovo, into Albania and Tirana (well worth a second visit) ending up back in North Macedonia.
The Balkans
Day 2 and Montenegro, Kotor harbour and castle and a lovely meal of stuffed squid by the sea.