An early February visit to Wisley
Polesden Lacey in February
We had intended to visit Polesden Lacey last Tuesday, but on checking the website for the opening time discovered that it was closed for the day for ‘staff training’. On Friday morning Brian suggested we visit Polesden Lacey. I can’t say I was overly keen; the weather outside looked awful. Anyway, chores finished we set off, calling at a local garden centre on the way for a cup of coffee and hoping that the light drizzle would have stopped by the time we got to our destination. Sadly the weather only got worse as the day wore on – the light drizzle became a steady drizzle with flurries of occasional sleet. We took the winding walk to the House with hood up, cap on and heads down. Not that we could see anything anyway – everything was shrouded in a heavy drizzly mist. Polesden Lacey is the first National Trust property to be open every day (apart from 'staff training' days which turned out to be an AGM at Dorking Halls!). It seems they are now doing tours o
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ReplyDeleteThank you Kirsty.
DeleteI was at Wisley on Friday! Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteJune
Thank you for your kind words. We are only about 20 minutes away, so often pop over. Did you get to see the butterflys? It was not our intention to go and see them, but would have had the queue not been about 200 yards long!
DeleteA beautiful selection of photos! The iris (?) in your first has amazing colours.
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen - the iris was particularly beautiful.
DeleteAmazed there was so much in flower this Feb. I haven't managed a visit there this year, waiting for the Spring - whenever that is going to happen!
ReplyDeleteThat visit in February was managed on a dry day, but it was windy and taking pics was quite hard.
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