Last month, as part of our trip to East Anglia, we visited the National Trust property of Anglesey Abbey. It was a beautiful sunny spring day – one of an unusual series of fine days for this time of the year. This enabled me to take a variety of photos around the extensive grounds of the estate. Here are a few:
Following one of the paths through the small woodland we came across this stand of silver birch trees where the leaf buds were just starting to open. I loved the way they contrasted with the clear deep blue sky:
Amongst the silver birch there were patches of species tulip carpeting the ground. This shows one clump at the base of a birch tree:
Scattered around the ground were a number of ‘Shaun the Sheep’ statues all decorated differently, each with a child-friendly joke on the base. These were provided as an Easter attraction for young families.
There are various walks and avenues through the estate. This one shows an amazing avenue of Chestnuts trees fresh in leaf:
We have visited many stately homes but the house at Anglesey Abbey is the most ‘homely’ we have found (with a ‘Shaun the Sheep by the door):
This house has a lot of architectural details (or ‘fiddly bits’ as I like to call them). Here is one example:
This last photos is a panoramic view taken from the rose garden:
Finally, a #imagedump of the processed photos:
