Happy Valentine's Day!
After a long, productive day of painting yesterday, Corin, Jen and I headed out to Lyme Park in Cheshire. After a short drive around the M60, we entered the park famous for it's deers and Mr Darcy's lake appearance!
It was a beautiful sunny day as we set out exploring the parkland and the bits of house we could get into. The gardens and house are not open until later in the year.
As Corin and I, both take after our Grandfather and Dad, we both were taking lots of picture, making use of the clear day, and the light and shadows that it creates. Lyme park really appealed to me as I love trees and taking pictures of them - as you may have noticed by now.
We headed up the "The Cage" which is a large folly on the hill, which was apparently used for parties. On the way up we were amazed to see, not only the largest dog ever (polar bear like), but also the smallest tiny puppy. See photo link below!
From the cage you could see for miles around. It is such a great vantage point, you can understand why it was built there. We tried to head from their to the lake where Mr Darcy swam to meet his love, however we couldn't get to that part of the garden. Jen and I were concerned by getting down and up a slippery bank, however Corin cracked one of his crazy jokes, and after 10 mins of laughing til we cried, we managed to make it up the hill. Corin and Jen really are the most suited couple - after all, who else would be so enthusiastic about each others strange sense of humour! Thank god they have each other!
After a visit to the cafe for hot chocolate, coffee and cake, we headed home after a lovely day.
Click on Day 45 to see the photos from the day.
Hope you all have as nice a Valentine's day as we did,
Much love Iona xxx
p.s. the only deer we saw were Venison sausages in the cafe! x
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