{"id":5628,"date":"2020-03-04T16:58:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5628"},"modified":"2020-03-04T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:58:41","slug":"shugborough-the-first-signs-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5628","title":{"rendered":"Shugborough &#8211; the first signs of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time in a month we made a visit to the National Trust grounds at Shugborough. There were some definite signs of spring such as in these crocuses growing in the grass by the mansion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1306r1-600x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1306r1-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1306r1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1306r1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1306r1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1306r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it is drying out after the recent flooding, parts of the grounds are roped off to prevent access but you can still see signs of the flooding &#8211; this tree always seems to be one of the last to dry out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1327r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1327r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1327r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1327r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1327r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1327r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge by the Chinese House was one of the parts roped off. However, it still made a nice view:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1334r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1334r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1334r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1334r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1334r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1334r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning around from where the above photo was taken is a monument with this classical scene in it with the inscription &#8216;Et in Arcadia Ego&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1322r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1322r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1322r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1322r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1322r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1322r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally is this view of a sinuous path by the River Sow &#8211; I do like the way it curves through the trees. Also the daffodils are starting to flower:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1337r1-600x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1337r1-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1337r1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1337r1-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1337r1-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B1337r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in a month we made a visit to the National Trust grounds at Shugborough. There were some definite signs of spring such as in these crocuses growing in the grass by the mansion: Although it is drying out after the recent flooding, parts of the grounds are roped off to prevent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5628\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shugborough &#8211; the first signs of spring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,97,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-trust","category-spring","category-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5630,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions\/5630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}